Auk Alumnae
Five Pomona College undergraduate students have travelled to the Arctic with Prof. Karnovsky in the past.
During the summer of 2005, Laurel McFadden ‘06 studied Little Auks in Hornsund Fjord with Prof. Karnovsky. She returned to Arctic after she graduated and was awarded a Watson Fellowship to take photographs north of the Arctic Circle. After that adventure and a year of working with the Pomona Geology Department, she is returning to Hornsund Fjord this year to assist with the 2008 field season.
Laurel’s Blog
Pomona College Website Article
Nina Karnovsky and Laurel McFadden ‘06 in front of the Polish Polar Research Station in 2005.
In 2006, Allison Bailey ‘07 studied Little Auks with Prof. Karnovsky. She was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to return to Spitsbergen where she studied with Prof. Elisabeth Cooper at UNIS. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at the University of Tromso in collaboration with UNIS.
Allison’s Blog
Pomona College Magazine Article
University Centre of Svalbard
Nina Karnovsky and Allison Bailey ‘07 on board the Polar Star in 2006.
In 2007, the field team consisted of Nell Baldwin ‘09, Derek Buchner ‘09, and Zachary Brown ‘07. Nell and Derek are about to begin their senior year at Pomona College, while Zach looks forward to beginning a PhD in Biogeochemistry at Stanford University.
Derek Buchner 09′, Nina Karnovsky, Nell Baldwin ‘09, and Zachary Brown ‘07 in front of the little auk colony.
Before leaving for the 2008 field season, Auk Alumnae Laurel McFadden, Allison Bailey, and Zach Brown met up in front of one of the little auk posters in the Pomona College Biology Department.
Zach Brown, Allison Bailey, and Laurel McFadden point to their respective field seasons on a recent research poster.
In 2007 there were several teams studying little auks all around the Greenland Sea.
The Greenland team was led by Ann Harding and included Rachael Orben, Ewan Weston, Nikolaj Bech and Jerome Fort.
Two teachers, Mary Anne Pella-Donnelly (Chico, CA) and Karin Holser (AK) were at the Greenland site with a group of school children from Ittoqqortoormiit in August. http://polartrec.com/little-auks-in-greenland/overview
Ann Harding (left) and Nina Karnovsky at the Polish Polar Station in 2001. Ann is British–note the flag.