Peggy and team.
What measurements will you be taking onthe lake water and sediments? When you sample the lake sediments, is the team equipped with a raft? I am interested in your sampling methods.
Peggy,
I printed out the introduction to PolarTREC and the Alaskan link and gave it to the 7o summer school students as well as the URL link. I told them that all of the Biology teachers would give extra credit if they contacted you. The credit would depend on how many times they contacted you and what you had them do.
On another note, astronomy questions.
1. Would you measure the altitude of the North Star, Polaris? I can use that with my kids. As a hint. When you GPS the site, the latitude of your study site should be the same as the altitude of Polaris.
2. Can you see the Milky Way?
3. I did not think about it or I would have given you a star map. Can you see Sagittarius (looks like a teapot) or Scorpio? Those are Zodiac constelaltions that lie in the southern sky here. Jupiter is in the constellation Scorpio, can you see the planet?
4. There is some Aurora activity from the Sun. Let me know if you see Norther Lights.
5. If you camers can be set with the shutter left open, point the camera at the North Star and leave the shutter open for as long as you can(hours if possible). You can shoot some great star rings. If you point the camera at the eastern horizon, you can get a different type of star trail.
Steve