I'm a scientist who studies ice & snow, preferably by engineering better observations. I've contributed to (or led) measurements in: Greenland, the Central Arctic, Alaska, the Colorado mountains, and the Beaufort Gyre. While I mostly look at the Arctic, I'm also interested in just about any place or thing that is cold. Which... might be environmental determinism. I'm currently based in Colorado, with laboratories at NOAA and NSIDC. Although lately I spend a lot of time in Leeds too. I believe that better in situ observations will blaze new trails to a more complete understanding of the Arctic. But truthfully, I just like making things and taking pictures. Since really the truth is just a plain picture and what is a picture but an observation anyway.