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 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.