Polar Date June 30, 2008
I’m getting into a more regular schedule now, waking up pretty late (7:50 or so), getting dressed and ready for the day and barely making the cut-off for breakfast at 8:30…
Polar Date June 29, 2008
Sunday is the single day off from work here at camp, although you wouldn’t know it by walking around the labs. Few people were doing fieldwork, but there were plenty of…
Polar Date June 28, 2008
Today I was out in the field with Matt and Elise. Matt will be a senior next year at a college in Vermont and Elise is from California and just received her BS degree in…
Polar Date June 27, 2008
The first day in camp started with a breakfast buffet. From the vast assortment of morning foods I chose blueberry pancakes (actually only 1), bacon, fresh fruit and…
Polar Date June 26, 2008
Up the Dalton Highway to Toolik. What a trip! We have 3 researchers going to Toolik and 7 male backpackers in the van. The backpackers consist of 5 teenagers and 2…
Polar Date 6/25/08
Hurray – I’m in Fairbanks again.
It’s very different than it was the last time I was here in March. There are leaves, blue skies, bright sun and people walking around everywhere…
Polar Date 6/24/08
Today when I awoke I thought I can now say, "Today I leave.” I’m struggling with anxiousness, anticipation and the fact that I’m not ready to go. I have a lot of little details…
Polar Date 6/16/08
This journal is a practice audio journal which will be sent to Kristin for the webinar later this week.
When we are in the field, we will be posting journals, audio, video and…
P**olar-Date April 3, 2008
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It’s been 3 ½ weeks since the PolarTREC teachers returned to their homes, and things are getting back to normal around here. The vernal equinox occurred two weeks ago,…
**Polar-Date March 16, 2008
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It’s been one week since the PolarTREC teachers returned to their homes, and for me it’s been a busy one. First of all, it’s such a pleasure to be with my family…
Polar-Date March 6, 2008
The last journal had a picture of "reindeer candy” also know as lichen. If you go to the photo gallery, you can find the picture and learn about lichen.
Today finds the…
Polar-date March 5, 2008
Hi again from Fairbanks, Alaska. If you were wondering what the unique item in yesterday’s journal is …drum roll…it is a Mammoth tusk. This particular tusk is between 5…
