Toolik Field Station
@toolikfieldstation.bsky.social
Remote research station in Arctic Alaska operated by UAF Institute of Arctic Biology with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation
Inspiring an Understanding of the Arctic from the Ground Up
www.uaf.edu/toolik
Inspiring an Understanding of the Arctic from the Ground Up
www.uaf.edu/toolik
Awesome event from @polarsecco.bsky.social!
Join PSECCO and @cires.colorado.edu for a media training designed for polar early career scientists. Register on the events page of our website: psecco.org/events!
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Awesome event from @polarsecco.bsky.social!
Toolik Field Station is seeking a GIS & Remote Sensing Manager! Join us on Alaska's North Slope to support Arctic science. Candidates need experience w/ GIS systems, surveying & analysis, team & project management. Work is split between Toolik & Fairbanks
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Toolik Field Station is seeking a GIS & Remote Sensing Manager! Join us on Alaska's North Slope to support Arctic science. Candidates need experience w/ GIS systems, surveying & analysis, team & project management. Work is split between Toolik & Fairbanks
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/gis-rem...
Wonder what last year's temperatures were like in comparison to the prior 35 years? Check out this graph from our Environmental Data Center manager @ubetula.bsky.social .
Midsummer was hot, hot, hot! But it still snowed every month of the year.
Midsummer was hot, hot, hot! But it still snowed every month of the year.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Wonder what last year's temperatures were like in comparison to the prior 35 years? Check out this graph from our Environmental Data Center manager @ubetula.bsky.social .
Midsummer was hot, hot, hot! But it still snowed every month of the year.
Midsummer was hot, hot, hot! But it still snowed every month of the year.
Great new resource from @arctictogether.bsky.social!
📣New resource available from the NNA-CO! Check out our new mini-course - Arctic Scientists in the Classroom: Principles for Designing Community-Centered Educational Programs 🎓
ceee.colorado.edu/online-works...
ceee.colorado.edu/online-works...
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Great new resource from @arctictogether.bsky.social!
Calling students & early career researchers in Arctic science: Want to conduct research at Toolik Field Station? Apply for our 2026 early career Tundra Award!
Awardees receive up to 10 days at Toolik plus access to our science support services. Apply by 15 Feb 2026 at uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tundra
Awardees receive up to 10 days at Toolik plus access to our science support services. Apply by 15 Feb 2026 at uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tundra
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Calling students & early career researchers in Arctic science: Want to conduct research at Toolik Field Station? Apply for our 2026 early career Tundra Award!
Awardees receive up to 10 days at Toolik plus access to our science support services. Apply by 15 Feb 2026 at uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tundra
Awardees receive up to 10 days at Toolik plus access to our science support services. Apply by 15 Feb 2026 at uaf.edu/toolik/outreach/tundra
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Our latest Collaborator Highlight features @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social, a valued partner of the Arctic Data Center and a major hub for Arctic research. Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202... ❄️🌱
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Our latest Collaborator Highlight features @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social, a valued partner of the Arctic Data Center and a major hub for Arctic research. Read more here: arcticdata.io/all/news/202... ❄️🌱
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Great day @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social. Not only is the lake officially ice free but I got to get out via helicopter to a thermokarst lake to the south of Toolik to work on an eddy covariance tower.
Pretty good day all in all.
@woodwellclimate.bsky.social
Pretty good day all in all.
@woodwellclimate.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Great day @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social. Not only is the lake officially ice free but I got to get out via helicopter to a thermokarst lake to the south of Toolik to work on an eddy covariance tower.
Pretty good day all in all.
@woodwellclimate.bsky.social
Pretty good day all in all.
@woodwellclimate.bsky.social
Ever wish you could visit Toolik? Now's your chance! Come for our Visitor's Day, June 6, 9:30a-4p!
Immerse yourself in the sights & sounds of the tundra w/ our Naturalist & tour Toolik facilities & long-term research sites. Learn more at uaf.edu/toolik/news/50th-year/visitors-day.php
Immerse yourself in the sights & sounds of the tundra w/ our Naturalist & tour Toolik facilities & long-term research sites. Learn more at uaf.edu/toolik/news/50th-year/visitors-day.php
May 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ever wish you could visit Toolik? Now's your chance! Come for our Visitor's Day, June 6, 9:30a-4p!
Immerse yourself in the sights & sounds of the tundra w/ our Naturalist & tour Toolik facilities & long-term research sites. Learn more at uaf.edu/toolik/news/50th-year/visitors-day.php
Immerse yourself in the sights & sounds of the tundra w/ our Naturalist & tour Toolik facilities & long-term research sites. Learn more at uaf.edu/toolik/news/50th-year/visitors-day.php
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Costume day in the field @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social today. Thanks to everyone for bringing colour to the tundra!
May 8, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Costume day in the field @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social today. Thanks to everyone for bringing colour to the tundra!
We're celebrating 50 years of Toolik with a special collection in Arctic Science @arcticsciencej.bsky.social . Thinking about publishing your Toolik research? Consider submitting to this collection!
@arcticsciencej.bsky.social invites submissions on Arctic change in the Toolik region—from the deep biosphere to space. Deadline: Sept. 30, 2025 @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social
Submission instructions ▶️ buff.ly/ILC2tor
Submission instructions ▶️ buff.ly/ILC2tor
May 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We're celebrating 50 years of Toolik with a special collection in Arctic Science @arcticsciencej.bsky.social . Thinking about publishing your Toolik research? Consider submitting to this collection!
Hot off the R-press! This winter's ice thickness on Toolik Lake. Any bets as to when it'll be ice-free?
Thanks to Amanda Young @ubetula.bsky.social and Toolik's hardy year-round Spatial and Environmental Data Center team.
Thanks to Amanda Young @ubetula.bsky.social and Toolik's hardy year-round Spatial and Environmental Data Center team.
May 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Hot off the R-press! This winter's ice thickness on Toolik Lake. Any bets as to when it'll be ice-free?
Thanks to Amanda Young @ubetula.bsky.social and Toolik's hardy year-round Spatial and Environmental Data Center team.
Thanks to Amanda Young @ubetula.bsky.social and Toolik's hardy year-round Spatial and Environmental Data Center team.
Support future leaders in Arctic research — give to our Tundra Award on UA Giving Day & help us unlock our Steering Committee’s $1,250 pledge. We just need 2 more gifts to meet the challenge! givingday.alaska.edu/amb/toolik
March 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Support future leaders in Arctic research — give to our Tundra Award on UA Giving Day & help us unlock our Steering Committee’s $1,250 pledge. We just need 2 more gifts to meet the challenge! givingday.alaska.edu/amb/toolik
After months of darkness, the sun rose once again at the station on January 18.
📷 Mayra Meléndez González
📷 Mayra Meléndez González
January 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
After months of darkness, the sun rose once again at the station on January 18.
📷 Mayra Meléndez González
📷 Mayra Meléndez González
Muskox battles, endless ptarmigan, migrating birds and more! Our seasonal naturalist Seth Beaudreault had quite the first day back at the station with wildlife galore. Read more about it in our Naturalist Journal, updated daily.
www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/j...
www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/j...
May 2, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Muskox battles, endless ptarmigan, migrating birds and more! Our seasonal naturalist Seth Beaudreault had quite the first day back at the station with wildlife galore. Read more about it in our Naturalist Journal, updated daily.
www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/j...
www.uaf.edu/toolik/edc/j...
Want to support world-class Arctic research? Join our team as our Logistics Coordinator & lead behind-the-scenes work of making science happen. Coordinate moving people & freight to/from Toolik Field Station. Full-time based in Fairbanks w/ benefits
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/logisti...
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/logisti...
March 5, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Want to support world-class Arctic research? Join our team as our Logistics Coordinator & lead behind-the-scenes work of making science happen. Coordinate moving people & freight to/from Toolik Field Station. Full-time based in Fairbanks w/ benefits
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/logisti...
Apply at careers.alaska.edu/jobs/logisti...
Stay up to date on Toolik Field Station's 2024 operations by attending our virtual town hall!
Join us via zoom on March 8 @ 10 am AK time. Register in advance at www.bit.ly/toolik-town-hall-2024.
Join us via zoom on March 8 @ 10 am AK time. Register in advance at www.bit.ly/toolik-town-hall-2024.
February 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Stay up to date on Toolik Field Station's 2024 operations by attending our virtual town hall!
Join us via zoom on March 8 @ 10 am AK time. Register in advance at www.bit.ly/toolik-town-hall-2024.
Join us via zoom on March 8 @ 10 am AK time. Register in advance at www.bit.ly/toolik-town-hall-2024.
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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about big animals—🐋🐋🐋—but over the last year, I’ve had a chance to learn more about the big role of small critters. Like voles in the tundra carbon cycle 🐭(also my first attempt to write about biogeochemistry, gah).
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
A Major Climate Force Has Been Ignored for Decades
Small mammals play an outsize role in shaping the world around them.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2024 at 3:17 PM
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about big animals—🐋🐋🐋—but over the last year, I’ve had a chance to learn more about the big role of small critters. Like voles in the tundra carbon cycle 🐭(also my first attempt to write about biogeochemistry, gah).
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Oh the beauty of a clearing Arctic winter sky!
February 3, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Oh the beauty of a clearing Arctic winter sky!
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Well we are not quite as chilly as Fairbanks or Cold foot here at @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social but it is still -40 out so it is pretty darn cold.
Today I spotted a small flock of ptarmigan browsing in the willows around the station and basking in the sunlight.
Today I spotted a small flock of ptarmigan browsing in the willows around the station and basking in the sunlight.
January 28, 2024 at 1:52 AM
Well we are not quite as chilly as Fairbanks or Cold foot here at @toolikfieldstation.bsky.social but it is still -40 out so it is pretty darn cold.
Today I spotted a small flock of ptarmigan browsing in the willows around the station and basking in the sunlight.
Today I spotted a small flock of ptarmigan browsing in the willows around the station and basking in the sunlight.
The sun is back at the station…and with it, windchills in the -60s F!
📸 @ubetula.bsky.social staying warm.
📸 @ubetula.bsky.social staying warm.
January 28, 2024 at 12:43 AM
The sun is back at the station…and with it, windchills in the -60s F!
📸 @ubetula.bsky.social staying warm.
📸 @ubetula.bsky.social staying warm.