Janet, Sarah and the rest of the PolarTREC staff have already taught us how to post blog entries at our journal website. We have been issued our MacBook laptop computers and cameras so we are -- at least theoretically -- ready for the field.
Tina Ciarametaro just told us that she saw the Northern lights very early today like at 2:30 am. I have not been as fortunate as the lights are seen mostly North and my room window looks due South. But Tina said that she did not really need to go outside with -34 C (-30 F) at 2:30 am in order to get the correct orientation, but rather went all the way round the hotel hall until she got a nice view due North. She will definitely be alerting me and the rest of the group if she sees the aurora again.
I am also posting two pictures that I made yesterday.
The Alaska Range seen at sunset from Fairbanks
The Alaska Range seen at sunset from Fairbanks
Starting today we will be getting out on afternoon field trips for the next couple of days. That will be quite an adventure, as we will actually venture out of town with colder-than-average Winter weather.
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