A misty start to the day, and then sunlight sliding through thinning clouds. A few serious bright spots, blue water, and spirits were soaring. I was a little fatigued today after all the excitement…
Everyone was geared up for a drippy day, four-wheelers loaded, heading out for the field, except me. An odd sensation, I felt like I was going to miss something. My task for today was to get…
We were back out in the field today. Things started out looking fine, a little cloudy but warm, in the low 40’s. A good sign? Not, really. Drizzle and rain fell for the better part of the day, as the…
Sunday is Go-For-a-Walk Day. If the weather is even close to acceptable, the Kelley family will head out for a walk somewhere, usually the road or the possibly a trail, one way or another, we get out…
This journal entry is about a scientific procedure known as necropsy, or the medical examination of a dead animal. The text and pictures that follow may be offensive to some. I hope you find it…
The winds were finally dying down, the snow and ice had stopped falling, everything in sight was crusty. I heard over the radio, "Roger that, we (the Nuvuk AP) will be heading out to the Point today…
Three days of cold temperatures, biting winds, and stinging sleet. Forget about 24 hours of sun, it does no good if you never see it. Quick weather summary: Max temperature since Tuesday…
This was a day that we didn’t experience from the outdoors. If it is possible, the weather was even more miserable than yesterday. Horizontal rain/ snow/ sleet, temperatures in the low 30’s, and a no…
What a day!! We listened all night to the winds roar by and Hut #268 quivered. Cold temperatures and snowflakes made it easy to decide to stay in the lab today. We all quietly worried about the…
Today was another Barrow-warm day. Upper 40’s, light winds, and foggy. Isaac, a bear guard, remarked, "There’s a warm wind blowing today.” That’s what we had, and over the course of the day, the…
It’s 5:10PM and today is summer in Barrow, AK. A glorious day, blue skies, turquoise water, sunshine rippling everywhere, and a more or less, lazy, Sunday as well. I’m sitting on the back deck of #…
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