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Fun in Fairbanks! It's Day 5 of the PolarTREC Orientation and Share Fair. They keep us very busy. It will take me awhile to digest all of the information once I get home. But everything is so exciting and these are truly inspiring people. ### Dr. Brigham-Grette So let's get started. First, I met

Today we visited the "Permafrost tunnel" outside of Fairbanks. This is a large tunnel that burrows into a hillside to study permafrost. It is run by the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab. When they started to dig the tunnel, lots of bones started to show up. A closer look showed that they

The Permafrost Tunnel## It's not everyday you get to experience permafrost from the inside. Our group of PolarTREC teachers took a field trip out to the US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering permafrost tunnels today. These tunnels were made soon after major gold dredging operations ended

To Leave Or To Hibernate, That’s The Question. Brrrr, it’s -27º Fahrenheit or -2.7º Celsius this morning. Even with my two pairs of socks, four layers of pants and tops, wool hat and mittens, I’m still cold! How do animals in the Arctic survive the winter without freezing? “Leave or Hibernate!”

Last night all the polar trekkers went on a field excursion to the Chena Hot Springs. The 50 mile drive passed through the Boreal forest, also known as the spruce/moose biome. It was appropriate that on the way we saw moose and a beautiful full moon. The springs were awesome. The hot, geothermal

Can you make an imovie? I love technology, but there is a learning curve. Today I spent an hour and a half making my first movie, and you might notice that there are no video files in my movie. Go figure I accidentally deleted all my movies by mistake. Did I cry, did I give up, nope, just

To cut to the chase: I have not yet viewed the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights; however there is supposed to be a good chance for viewing over the next two evenings. On my flight in, some people did see them from our plane, but as luck would have it I was seated on the "wrong"

Sailing across the Antarctic Circle for the first time. I am from the North Country of New York State. I own a canoe. That being said spending 45 days at sea is a once in a lifetime opportunity. I have never crossed the equator until this experience. I am happy to say that some new friends and I

More trainings at the hotel today! Here is a time lapse of what our entire Monday looked like. Can you tell when we adjourned to go to lunch? The pictures were taken at 5 minute intervals and span the entirety of our training. http://

Video courtesy of Jillian

Museum of the North During our training today, we traveled to the Museum of the North. Here, we saw wonderful examples of Native American art, which I find enchanting. We also saw a number of native animals. I've collected some images of them in a short movie for all of you. http://www.youtube.com