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Posted by Lori George is back from Cooper Island (for now) after having delivered 150 plastic cases to the island for use as new guillemot nest sites. (More information about these cases and how you can sponsor a nest site coming soon.) George will be returning to Cooper Island in May and will stay for 3 [...]   (3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Lori George has left for Cooper Island on a short trip to get ready for the season that will begin in May. He’s a little swamped right now, so I’ll be posting updates to kick things off. George left his home in Seattle for Barrow, Alaska, the first stop on the way to Cooper Island. [...] (2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Here’s a short trailer of Greenland, a play about climate change. If you missed the full story take a look at An Interview with the writer of Greenland, The BBC: Climate change and art, and Watching the world melt away on the London stage.  (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5) Loading ...Shouting warming in a crowded theater London, England, March 14, 2011 — Working in a rapidly changing environment for over 35 years has provided me with a number of “I never thought I would see this!” moments, especially in the last decade. Spending my summers on an island at the northern edge of Alaska since 1975 has [...] (2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Lori The BBC takes a look at the play Greenland and talks to the individuals involved in its creation. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] For more BBC podcasts about the environmental, development and agriculture, dealing with the impact of humankind on the natural world visit BBC One Planet. (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Guillemot Chicks Dec. 28, 2010 — We want to wish our friends a happy holiday season and thank you for your support and interest over the past year. 2011 promises to be a busy and exciting time for us as we hope to replace most of the wooden nest sites on Cooper Island with [...] (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5) Loading ...Oct. 10, 2010 — The 2010 field ended on August 28th. It started with high expectations but it is easy to feel positive at 71 degrees north in mid-June because of the abundance of light. When I arrive on the island there are 24-hours of high-angle sunlight with few clouds and nearly complete ice cover surrounding [...] (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Cooper Island, Alaska, Sept. 7, 2010 — The increasing distance between Cooper Island and the August pack ice has resulted in a range of problems for the black guillemots breeding on the island. The decreased access to their preferred prey of Arctic cod, which live under sea ice and in the cold waters adjacent to the [...] (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Cooper Island, Alaska, Aug. 18, 2010 — The transitions in the summer season on Cooper Island tend to be step changes rather than gradual trends for both me and the Black Guillemots I am studying. This reflects, in part, the rapid shifts that occur in the Arctic when it goes from “winter” to “summer” [...] (No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Cooper Island, Alaska, July 31, 2010 — Cooper Island is about as far from the Gulf of Mexico, and its now-oiled waters, as one can be and still be in the United States. But the Deepwater Horizon blowout, and the resulting paradigm shift in how the government and public views offshore oil drilling, will have [...] (No Ratings Yet) Loading ... |
 
Penelope graduated from the University of Washington with a BS in Environmental Science and Resource Management and she has worked for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) project. During her time at COASST she also worked for the Friends of Cooper Island, seeing the numerical changes of the Arctic as she entered over 30 years of George Divoky’s data into Excel Spreadsheets. In October of 2010 she made her way back to Antarctica, this time she left her mop and bucket behind, and worked as a Field Technician on a long-term penguin monitoring study. Currently she is working for Friends of Cooper Island and will, for the first time, be on Cooper Island putting in Polar Bear proof nest boxes and banding adult breeding birds.
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