Toolik Field Station Operations

该合同的目的是为Toolik野外站的继续运作和发展提供资金。20年来，图里克站一直是美国长期北极研究的首要地点，支持对独特的北极陆地和淡水生态系统进行生物，水文地质和大气调查。该协议将为阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校的北极生物研究所提供稳定的资金和规划环境，以开发和运营Toolik野外站。Toolik野外站在每个野外季节为大约30个项目提供支持。夏季野外季节从五月初持续到八月底。在主要季节之外，冬季设施也支持自助访问。该设施每年的总负荷平均为3500个科学用户日，涉及多达200个研究团队成员，峰值为70个用户同时在营地。

The purpose of the award is to provide for the continued operation and development of Toolik Field Station. Toolik Field Station, has been a premiere site of long term Arctic research in the United States for twenty years, supporting biological, hydrological geological and atmospheric investigations on the unique Arctic terrestrial and freshwater ecosystem. The agreement will provide the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University Of Alaska, Fairbanks a stable funding and planning environment to develop and operate Toolik Field Station. Toolik Field Station provides support to approximately 30 projects each field season. The summer field season lasts from early May to the end of August. Visits outside the main season are also supported on a self-service basis in a winter facility. The total annual load on the facility averages 3,500 science user days involving up to 200 research team members, with a peak of 70 users in camp at one time.