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Sandia-operated Arctic measurement facility moves, research to continue

News Article, November 11, 2021 • Atmospheric studies and more to continue at fixed Arctic observatory After eight great years of observations and research, a Sandia National Laboratories-operated atmospheric measurement facility moved from Oliktok Point, on the North Slope of Alaska, this summer. The mobile facility will be relocating to the southeastern United States; the exact...
Mark Ivey, left, a Sandia National Laboratories senior engineer, and Fred Helsel, a systems engineer, inspect a shelter that had been stationed in Oliktok Point, Alaska. After eight great years of observations and research, a Sandia National Laboratories-operated Atmospheric Radiation Measurement mobile facility moved from Oliktok Point. (Photo by Randy Montoya) Click on the thumbnail for a high-resolution image.