Path of the Vikings
Sarah will row along coastlines both magnificent and harsh during her journey. Collecting ASC Samples during Great Britain Solo Row ASC Microplastics Adventurer ASC adventurer Sarah Weldon, CEO of a UK-based charity Oceans Project, has big summer plans. The...
Film: Learning to Love in Small, Mind-blowing Increments
Imagine standing on the open prairie at night, lightning bolts cracking a couple miles away across the plains, the northern lights wheeling around the sky above you. It’s just you, a tripod and a camera. This was one of Morgan Cardiff’s defining experiences during his...
How the Pika is Key to Measuring Climate Change
Climbers on the summit of Mount Whitney at sunset. (Photo by Emily Stifler Wolfe) A pika peeks through talus on the PCT. (Photo by Rhiannon Johnson) By Grace Kay MatelichASC InternBelieve it or not, studying the habits and movements of pikas can help us track the...
Sun and Rainbows – February videos
What a crazy February! It's been warm many days, and the crew has experienced sun, open water, and even rainbows. What's been especially cool for them is spending time on Sun Prairie North, as they established a new set of transects and explored places no one has...
Film: Learning to Love in Small, Mind-Blowing Increments
By Emily Wolfe ASC Staff Imagine standing on the open prairie at night, lightning bolts cracking a couple miles away across the plains, the northern lights wheeling around the sky above you. It’s just you, a tripod and a camera. This was one of Morgan Cardiff’s...
New Crew Members for February
A few members of the January Landmark crew are staying on in February, and are joined by two new teammates Emma and Lindsay. Get to know the new folks here: Emma Avery hails from the Pacific Northwest, and feels most at home in coastal rainforest and by the...
Family at Sea
By Emily Wolfe | Photos by the Horangic Family ASC caught up with the Horangic family this winter, interviewing Teddy, age 14, Helen, 12, and Basil, 8, after their family’s 15-day Atlantic crossing from Gran Canaria, Spain to St. Lucia. While Teddy and...
Plugging into the Prairie
Story and Photos by Jennifer PreslerIn the modern world, staying connected means keeping up with world news, following the latest trends, and plugging into social media. While the prairie might not have much in the way of popular culture, it does offer the possibility...
Silence and Wind on the Prairie
By Zach McKeown I fought the mud with every other step, as it clung to my boots like a parasite. A week ago, walking on top of the snowdrifts and not knee deep in snow was the main challenge, and we’d put in a request to the ASC office for snowshoes, which now...
Elk Encounter on Burnt Lodge
Story and Photos by Elisabeth Shapiro As Caroline and I drove north after our two months on the American Prairie Reserve, several raptors took turns gliding alongside the car—a bald eagle, a snowy owl and several hawks. It felt as though they were bidding...