SheJumps loves loves getting emails from friends, husbands, mentors telling us about amazing women in their lives. Steve Elgar wrote to us doing just that. He and his wife ski/snowboard, and do some amazing research work in the outdoors. They work on the Skagit Tidal Flats Experiment where their objective is to develop field-verified models for circulation, sediment transport, and morphological change on macrotidal flats. They collect observations of flows, tides, waves, water density, and bathymetry across the Skagit Bay tidal flats. Here's what Steve said about his wife, Britt:

"I think you guys might enjoy meeting my wife, Britt Raubenheimer. Check out this YouTube of her skiing (click here to see video). This little 2 minute video should do it.

If that does not do it, then I can describe our field crew. We spent 100 days on the Skagit River tidal flats in Puget Sound this summer, hiking (to clean instruments), swimming (to clean instruments), hovercrafting (you got it, to clean instruments). Britt was the boss. The crew was more than 50% women and was the best crew we've had in 25 years. Check out http://science.whoi.edu/users/elgar/STIFEX08/index.html to see the cool place where Britt led the team of women. I have a zillion cool photos. Attached are a few of Britt.

After you watch the video, you'll understand why this is so amazing."

Now that is amazing! Thanks for introducing us to Britt.