"I thought environmental science was a really good way to connect people's problems and Earth's problems and learn about the physical world yet the social science world, too."

“A lot of the male engineers were invited to go out golfing, and shooting, and I was never invited to do those things even though I was also an engineer and actually a pretty great shot.”

“The more positive side of people's brains would say oh, no, no, no, these are learning opportunities or whatever, but at some point it's actually just failure.”

"So once I found this role as a peacemaker, I was like, OK, this is my role on the team. It's not so much science, it's more communication."

"Being able to move on and feeling supported by your superiors, takes away so much of the trauma that women often experience when they try to report."

"I think the more that we talk about our differences and our full stories and how they've informed where we're at, that is how we make the community stronger for whatever we face."

"The person that owned that had no requirement to say hey there's a big ice lens under here, don't build your house there."

"Since our existence is glued together by stories and songs and language, all of our laws and everything, I have a certain way of looking at stories that the next generation won't be able to accommodate."

"It's sometimes hard to see a trend because we're living in the moment of all the ups and downs. But the sea ice is something that is really dramatic."

"When you get out to the real world the skills that you need are going to be really varied. I think that's helpful for a new generation of scientists, be aware that there's not one way to do it."