All Episodes
Uneven ground: permafrost thaw and burnout
“The more positive side of people’s brains would say oh, no, no, no, these are learning opportunities or whatever, but at some point it’s actually just failure.”
Sounding board on the Antarctic ice sheet
“So once I found this role as a peacemaker, I was like, OK, this is my role on the team. It’s not so much science, it’s more communication.”
Another day at work
“Being able to move on and feeling supported by your superiors, takes away so much of the trauma that women often experience when they try to report.”
Arctic diplomacy and Native Movement
“I think the more that we talk about our differences and our full stories and how they’ve informed where we’re at, that is how we make the community stronger for whatever we face.”
Surveying Alaska after World War II
“The person that owned that had no requirement to say hey there’s a big ice lens under here, don’t build your house there.”
Storytelling as a conduit of culture
“Since our existence is glued together by stories and songs and language, all of our laws and everything, I have a certain way of looking at stories that the next generation won’t be able to accommodate.”
Stepping off the plane to roaring Northern fur seals
“It’s sometimes hard to see a trend because we’re living in the moment of all the ups and downs. But the sea ice is something that is really dramatic.”
Two career paths from El Yunque to Alaska
“When you get out to the real world the skills that you need are going to be really varied. I think that’s helpful for a new generation of scientists, be aware that there’s not one way to do it.”