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Many factors make this one of my favorite days yet in the plane. The first is that I am feeling good. Yesterday was not my best day on the plane by far and it wasn't even that bumpy. I was feeling queazy for most of the flight and after a dose of air sickness medicine I was feeling sleepy. Today is

Some of you may be curious about hygiene practices at the field station, based on some of the things I've mentioned. So let's walk through it. Remember, it's all about saving water up here, as they have to pay to haul all of the "grey" water (from the sinks and showers) out to be cleaned. The dining

Wolverine Today we caught a wolverine. And when I say "we", I mean Tom and Matt, Team Wolverine. When I got to breakfast, Emma asked what our plans were for the day and Tom, Matt, Emma and Peter were looking at me. Intently. I was trying to figure out what was happening in my sleepy state, and

The Day## It was another day of weather in Southwest Greenland so again we flew over Canada. Today we went to Penny Glacier. This glacier is a remanent of the last ice age. The Penny Icecap is a smaller ice cap that sits alone. The fact that it sits alone and is small is one of the reasons it is

Last night at our normal nightly meeting we were told to make sure we bring our passports. We are supposed to bring our passports with us on every flight in case we have to divert. A plane will divert when it can't land at the intended airport. This does not mean there is a problem with the plane

I had to wake up at 6am for my live presentation at 7am, so of course I only got to sleep around 11:30pm and kept waking up from 3am on to check the time to make sure I didn't miss it. I was quite tired when it started, but was so glad that we didn't have any tech glitches this time. It was also

I had my first live online presentation last night, and I was quite nervous about it. I had a couple hours off beforehand, and decided to start with a shower. My first real shower since coming to Toolik, though I have rinsed off in the sauna each time I've been there. I even washed my hair last

Today all of Greenland was covered in clouds and the prospect of doing a mission did not look good. Every night at 6pm there is a meeting discussing the next day's flight. Monday night we were told that we probably wouldn't fly but that doesn't mean the team gets to sleep in. Weather can change, and