*The jungle drums are beating With the tales from late last night cause stories bear repeating For everyones delight
You can hear em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) Cant keep nothin under their hat You can hear em on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) Sayin who did dis and dat Dis and dat, dis and dat
Now Im not one to deal in gossip But was he that big a fool To do a belly-buster high dive And miss the entire pool
And what became of sweet melissa And the boy nobody knew Did ricardo ever find her I swear its just between me and you
Chorus: But you can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) By now everybody knows You can hear it on the coconut telegraph (telegraph) Just who comes and goes Comes and goes, comes and goes
La, la la la, la la la La, la la la, la la la La, la la la, (la la la la la la la) La, la la la, (la la la la la la oooooh) Ah!
Its hump day on the island The lines have all gone dead All the juicy news is history I guess everythings been said*
- Thanks Jimmy Buffett - once again*
LOL and IDK – my students favorite! BRB TTFN TTYL WUZup, 459 or ILY and my new personal favorite 4COL (for crying out loud)
Crazy way to communicate huh. How did this happen? Are we lazy or efficient?
But that is not all they/we are doing. When I get the honor of having** Maggie**, 15 years old, visit me I have watched her on myspace, with 3 or 4 IM's (instant messaging) going on and texting messages **on the phone. Crazy. She told me she liked to **IM beccuase you could talk to so many people at one time.
Well look out. I have the best way to communicate! My students would love it. Well all except for the size of the radio anyway. But the radio’s that we use are a blast.
Radios **are issued out to folks when they come to Barrow Arctic Science Consortium BASC. One time while I was in the field working, I asked Paulo if I needed to carry my **radio and he said yes, it is you life support.
This is so cool! Kids would love it. You can talk to everyone involved with BASC whenever you want. There are even fun codes to say - like
More the case for Jose Luciani, who is in the field all by himself from 12am until 8am. In fact I leave my radio on, as does Paulo just incase there is an emergency ---like a Polar Bear or less dramatic,if there is problem with the equipment.
**Radios **are fun too. People are always coming and going to Barrow. When someone leaves like Chico who was here for months – everyone calls in a says a good bye message! Very cool!
If you need something that is personal you would ask the person you are calling to go to another channel. If you are nosey and want to know what they are talking about you can go to that channel too!
Every time you speak all 40 people with radios turned on can hear you!
Some of us have special names, like Arctic Bum, Arctic Swan, Yellow, Ice Fox and I got dubbed Snow Bunny – I wonder why? One little clutch of folks have a funny way of calling each other, one says " Badda Bing” and the other says Badda Boom.
There are lots of code terms on the radio, most dating back from the truckers language.
What’s your 20? – Where are you? Copy that- It means that you go the message 10 -4 – It means you understand and are hanging up.
As you can imagine, they are not just for work. Last night I heard a call about someone **who was at the grocery store **wondering if anyone needed anything else.
Or recently someone was at Osaka’s Resturaunt and they were getting me edemame and then I added green tea ice scream, then 2 other people said I’m hungry, and put in their order. Sadly for them the group getting the food said No more, we want to leave!
Speaking of ways to communicate a couple of weeks ago Paulo got an email from a friend saying that he had heard on the radio. Kim Miller of the Palm Beach Post had recorded him and others during the last webinar we did. The Post used that recording along with the info from a story she wrote and made a broadcast. They share their information with the Miami Herald. I am going to attach it to this journal so you can hear it too.
The Tundra We went to the field today and I started teaching Jose how to use the Uni-spec, because I only have 2 more days in the field doing that job. It was a beautiful day and I am glad Rob got the chance to see Sunshine in Barrow!
Jose and Rob measuring Thaw and the Water Table
While walking back to the truck I met David Winkler. He was preparing to place 20 nesting boxes on the Biocomplexity Site! His hope is that Swallows will nest in these boxes next spring, but fears the Snow Buntings may be interested as well! This is part of a project that ranges from Alaska to Argentina. http://golondrinas.cornell.edu
David Winkler is preparing to place nesting boxes for the Swallon at the BEO. David works with Cornell.
After that we had the best lunch ever! A Shrimp Noodle Bowl from Northern Lights. Ahh so good, warm and healthy!
AHHH, the perfect Shrimp Noodle Bowl from Northern Lights in Barrow, Alaska
We have plans to go out with a birding group from Germany tonight! I am so excited!
Bird of the Day
Pectoral Sandpiper Baby Calidris acuminata. Genetics studies are being done by Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen, Germany
Communicating with you from the Top of the World - 10-4 Good Buddy