Brian Welch

Brian C. Welch
Assistant Professor
Physics Department, Environmental Studies
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057
welchb@stolaf.edu
Phone: 507-786-3620
Fax: 507-786-3968

Work

Curriculum Vitae - HTML version with links to additional resources and all publications. Simplified CV in PDF format.

Research Interests - I work in Antarctica, Alaska, and other cold places as a glaciologist, geophysicist, and geologist.

Teaching Materials - current courses at St. Olaf College, and some older materials

GIS User Group - I am one of the group founders/leaders of the group. We aim to facilitate the use of GIS at all levels among faculty and students for teaching and research.

Personal Interests

Living in Northfield, MN - photos of our house, St. Olaf College, and town

Mary & Dave Ride Across America - my parents rode their bikes across the United States from Anacortes, WA to Bar Harbor, ME in the spring of 2005.

Cross-Country Skiing - Information on technique, training, equipment, waxing, etc.

Adirondack Mountains - a few (very old) pages.

Inline Skating - some videos and a Google Earth map from the North Shore Inline Marathon.

Weather Observations from Weather Underground (www.wunderground.com)
Click for Northfield, Minnesota Forecast

Click for McMurdo Station, Antarctica Forecast Click for Siple Dome, Antarctica Forecast

This is where I live for
most of the year.
Much of my recent fieldwork has been in Antarctica. McMurdo is the main US base on the coast of the Ross Sea, while Amundsen-Scott base is at the South Pole.

Forecast images from the National Weather Service


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