Glacier and Wildlife Watching Cruise - Seward Alaska
Looking out of Seward Harbor toward the Pacific Ocean
My second adventure in Seward was a morning glacier and wildlife watching cruise. The…
Alaska SeaLife Center - Seward, Alaska
Horned Puffin at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska.
My first stop in Seward was the Alaska SeaLife Center. A friend used to work at the Center and…
Denali Science and Visitor Centers
Denali has a great visitor center as well as a science center. The science center focuses on research that has been done or is currently being done inside the…
Wilderness Tour
While in Denali I decided to take a 6-hour wilderness shuttle bus tour to the Toklat Station over 53 miles into the park. The school bus driver acted as our tour guide and was very…
Denali National Park & Preserve
Helicopter Tour
The other day I flew to Fairbanks, rented a car and drove to Denali National Park and Preserve. The drive was only about 2.5 hours long and…
Hi there! I am currently in Denali touring and the internet connection here is terrible! I will be posting a journal tomorrow when I get back to Barrow, so check back on Monday!
Blood Suckers!!!
Yesterday, I spent 15 hours on the tundra collecting data. The day started with the machine not working after I lugged it all the way out to the Old Basin. Unfortunately, I couldn…
Beluga Whale
Beluga Whale - Courtesy of Discovery.com
Yesterday, we received a call telling us that some fisherman had caught a beluga whale. I guess this is a pretty rare occasion (maybe one…
Sorry for the delay in the journal. I spent Monday and Tuesday, both 11 hour days, on the tundra collecting data. I got a lot of reading done and for the 1 set of data I could sit inside and watch…
Inupiat Heritage Museum
Yesterday on our day off we decided to go through the exhibits at the Inupiat Heritage Center. The Inupiat Heritage Center is a testament to the history and lives of the…
Sleeping in = GREAT!!
Today I had a day off from everything!! It was great being able to sleep in!!
Point Barrow, the northern-most tip in the U.S.
Since I had the day off, I decided to go…
Sorry!!!
Sorry for the delay in the journals...the internet system crashed last night as I was just about to enter my journal. Seriously!
Data collection site at the Barrow Environmental…
