COOPER ISLAND, ALASKA — Celebrating a solitary Independence Day on Cooper Island with a few hundred black Guillemots. While many guillemots are still laying eggs, yesterday I saw the first successful fledge of the year — a barely flying snow bunting that was still being fed by a parent. Snow bunting nests can produce up to seven chicks and feeding [...]
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  (2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5) Loading ...COOPER ISLAND, ALASKA — While at lower latitudes seasonal transitions occur slowly with weeks or months between what one considers winter and summer conditions, in the Arctic this transition is abrupt — taking only a few days. The mainland tundra and offshore islands can be snow-covered one day and then virtually snow-free the next with [...] (3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...George and Penelope get their first view of Cooper Island from the air. COOPER ISLAND, ALASKA — While the start of every field season is always an exciting (and frequently stressful) time, this year the start of the Cooper Island field season had more excitement than most. Preparations began earlier than normal as March and [...] (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Penelope Chilton In Barrow, Penelope stands next to "palm trees" made of baleen whale teeth. George and I arrived in Barrow, Alaska, seven days ago and luckily for me due to some permitting issues and a head cold we were delayed in Barrow for a few extra days. The delay gave me a chance [...] (2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...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 ...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 ...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 ...Posted by Lori “It was the strangest email I have ever received,” George told Alun Anderson, a writer for NewScientist and author of After the Ice: Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic. An actor from London’s National Theatre wanted to speak with George about his work on the remote island of Cooper Island as background [...] (No Ratings Yet) 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 ...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 ... |
 
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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