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Alaska by Air When I flew across Alaska for the first time I was simply stunned. I had strategically chosen a seat on the left side of the plane just in case the weather was good. We took off from Anchorage headed to Fairbanks at 10am and the weather was fantastic. I sat there glued to the window

Hot Water Snow ###Why Do You Think This Happens? And here it is. The long awaited video on hot water freezing into snow. Why do you think this happens with hot water and not cold? Again, you can put your ideas in the comments section. Extra credit for my students! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v

Today at orientation we mostly focused on travel logistics and cold weather gear. After lunch we got to practice using satellite phones and later went out to the CH2M HILL Polar Services warehouse. Robbie Score and her team gave us an excellent overview of clothing and packing for the polar regions

Museum of the North: Part One## ###The Room where you go to Listen### After several days of training for PolarTrec at the conference center we finally got to leave the building. While it was cold (negative something) it was a lot of fun and very interesting. Over the next couple of days I will

Musk oxen are one of the classic animals of the high arctic. Unlike the ground squirrel, they do not hibernate during the frigid winter. Instead, these animals are active all winter, and survive by eating lichens, mosses and shrubs. These animals became extinct in Alaska in the early part of the

Well, I just wanted to share a few pictures with you. We have started doing our afternoon outings and things are getting really exciting. We visited the Arctic Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) main office -- where we had lunch -- and later on went to the University of Alaska's Museum of the

Today Peggy and I went out to have some fun in the freezing weather. We decided to do a little experiment to see what would happen to bubbles at -20F. What do you think will happen? Check out the video to find out: http://www.youtube

So what have we been doing up here during orientation? Well, just like orientation at school, we learn a lot about what our experience is going to be like, we learn new skills, cover the specifics of how we are going to be doing things related to our role as teachers, we go on field trips, and we

Science Equipment: Moorings Today was windy with snow. It reminds me a lot like where I'm from in Northern New York. As the winds are projected at between 40- 60 knots the outside decks are off limits as I write this. We are Hoping for a break soon as a lot of science is waiting. My shift

Cold and busy but an incredible view! We are now well underway with the science. Seismologists are communicating with the geologists to locate the optimum tests sites. The aquatic biologists are analyzing their plankton samples, and the physical oceanographers are deploying UCTD's and CTD's to