Journal Entry
Museums and Hibernation Chambers
After 3 days of intense technology training we ventured out. Day 4 found us at the Natural History Museum at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This impressive facility gave us an opportunity to immerse ourselves in the regions rich natural and cultural history.
At the UAF Natural History Museum
An arctic ground squirrel
Under the Permafrost
Day 5 we travelled to the Gold Stream valley near Fox Alaska. There we visited the U.S Army Corps and Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Permafrost Tunnel. There we got down and dirty.
Entering the Permafrost Cave
An 11,000 year old willow root frozen in time.
Vertebrate of an extinct steppe bison from around 14,000 years ago