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    Local climate educator returns from the Arctic

    Local climate educator returns from the Arctic thumbnail Sarah R. Johnson, founder of Wild Rose Education, prepares to deploy an ice ball buoy from the North Slope Borough Search and Rescue Sikorsky S-92 helicopter along a 100-mile transect offshore of Utqiaġvik, Alaska. The buoys collect environmental conditions data to be used for climate research around the world. Photo by Ignatius Rigor

    Nearly 100 miles offshore, north of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, Sarah R. Johnson, founder of Wild Rose Education in Carbondale, carefully leaned out of a hovering North Slope Borough Search and Rescue Sikorsky S-92 helicopter.

    Pausing for just a moment to take in the vastness of the Arctic Ocean, Johnson exhaled as… read more →