Toolik Natural History

TFS was originally established in 1975 to support an aquatic program designed to obtain baseline data on the North Slope and Inland coastal ponds, an extension of the International Biological Program (IBP). A number of projects were retained and became known as Research on Arctic Tundra Environments (RATE). RATE was coordinated under a proposal funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of the Man and Biosphere Program (MAB), Project 6, Impact of Human Activities on Mountain and Tundra Ecosystems. Terrestrial studies were sited at Atqasuk on the Meade River. 

Toolik Field Station has developed from a ten-person tent camp into a premier arctic research laboratory and science support facility with a capacity of over 150 users. Current research themes and funding levels are very dynamic and responsive to national interests in the arctic.

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Natural History of Toolik Field Station Land