Toolik Field Station Operations

授予该合同的目的是为图利克野战站的继续运营和发展提供资金。二十年来，图利克野外站一直是美国长期北极研究的首选地点，为独特的北极陆地和淡水生态系统的生物、水文地质和大气调查提供支持。该协议将为位于费尔班克斯的阿拉斯加大学北极生物研究所提供稳定的资金和规划环境，以开发和运营图利克野外空间站。图利克场地站每个场地季为大约30个项目提供支助。夏季田间季节从5月初持续到8月底。在主季以外的访问也是在冬季设施的自助服务基础上提供支持的。该设施的年总负荷平均为3500个科学用户日，涉及多达200名研究团队成员，最高时一次有70名用户在营地。

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.