It Started Out With Normal Routine...
Today started like any other Wednesday with a Toolik tram run. When I got back to camp, I had an invite to tag along with Jackson Drew and Amy Li. They were doing a favor for another researcher and were collecting Unispec data out at Imnavait Creek. Unispec measures light reflectance from objects, in this case, vegetation. Typically, Jackson and Amy are working either in the lab or in the field monitoring the cycle of nutrients (carbon and nitrogen) through the air, soil, and vegetation. I was happy to come along and see another part of Imnavait that I haven't seen before and get to know another PolarTREC teacher's team (Shout out to Svea Anderson!).
This is Jackson gathering unispec data as quick as he can since the weather is on the verge of changing.
This is Amy who is sporting the fashionable bug shirt. We were stirring up some mosquitos today.
We had lovely weather at the beginning.
The eriophorum is beginning to seed.
Cassiope is blooming.
Then the weather began to look a bit more, well, less lovely.
Camp Fox
Just had to share that I saw the camp fox three times today. He's pretty cute and quite bold. One time he passed just five feet from me.
This is the first encounter today. He was snooping around Lab 1.
This is second encounter. He was really close. I saw him briefly moments later outside our lab window.
The Adventures Of Flat Cat
Unfortunately, Flat Cat gets left behind or forgotten about, so this is a picture from the phenology plots yesterday.
Flat Cat is pretty easygoing. He will hang out in my backpack until I remember to bring him out.
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