POTSDAM -- Every day, SUNY Potsdam faculty member Dr. Kathryn Grow Allen wakes up and documents a different aspect of her trip to Greenland to share with her undergraduates (and with anyone else who cares to follow along).

Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Embassy in Nuuk, the visiting professor is currently leading a virtual field trip to further her research and benefit her students -- as she leads digital heritage workshops, interviews local artists, learns about the impact of climate change firsthand, and captures the beauty of early Arctic sunsets and the Northern lights that follow.

Allen is a SUNY PRODiG Fellow and a visiting professor in SUNY Potsdam's Department of Anthropology. She is also part of an international team of researchers who are working to develop a digital cultural heritage initiative in Greenland, joined on her journey with research partners from the Greenland National Museum and the University of Dundee's 3DVis Lab.

Over the past several weeks, Allen has been tracking her preparations for the journey and documenting her travel on a blog, with help from her student content manager, Charlie Sarkioglu '22. Students in her Applied Anthropology class are following along daily and completing coursework inspired by the trip.
To follow along with her journey, visit www.kathryngrowallen.com/virtual-field-trip.