ALT Michigan Tech researchers Stephen Techtmann, Trista Vick-Majors and KM Shafi stand on the ice in the Arctic Circle, north of Utqiagvik, Alaska. They are holding a yellow banner that reads “Michigan Technological University” and standing in front of a yellow lab tent and snowmobiles.

ALT A microscopic image of a snowflake resembling the spokes of a wheel, artificially colored in green and blue.

ALT Undergraduate student researchers, including first-year Cora Mullins, gain experience in using unique instruments like this backpack spectrometer, which captures both incoming and reflected sunlight.

ALT Nathaniel Miller, an electrical engineering senior, is a member of Adolph's snow research team and assists with field site data collection on a weekly basis.

ALT Assistant Professor Alden Adolph, center, makes the most of Tech’s snowy locale by conducting snow albedo research at a local field site.

ALT A group of three undergraduate researchers and Alden Adolph, assistant professor, walk in the snow in line with the last person pulling a sled with equipment.

ALT Photo of Oluwatosin Ayo outside with campus in background

ALT Headshot of Dr. Jae Sung Kim

ALT Five students walk and talk on campus sidewalk in the center of the frame with leaves in early fall colors overhead and in the background.