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I have already journaled about the logistics involved in getting a team to Denali and am anticipating even more mind numbing events regarding supplies and science gear when we finally set up base camp on Kahiltna Glacier. I know the helicopter logistics to Mount Hunter are something that I am

I spent the day with James Jacobson and the Digital Mapping System or DMS. DMS uses a Canon 5D EOS Mark II digital camera to take photos or ‘frames’ of the ground (ice) every 1.2 seconds. The rate at which frames are taken can be varied; higher rate when flying lower or faster, and lower when flying

The Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research Site is located off the Stampede Trail in Healy, AK. The Stampede Trail began as a mining trail to an antimony mining claim on Stampede Creek . In the early 1960’s the State of Alaska decided to

First a little video from yesterday's flight.

Today was a planned day of no flying so I could connect with classes through Google+ Hangouts and Skype. But first a little mandatory exercise and a hike into the mountains on the edge of town … www.youtube.com/watch?v

Carbon in Permafrost Experimental Heating Research the name of the experiment(s) going on at the site along the Stampede Trail outside of Healy, AK. is just that. Soil is being warmed through the winter months at three separate plots by increasing the snow depth over part of the plot. This is done

Listen below: [swf file="http://www.polartrec.com/files/members/ken-williams/audio/kwilliams-audiojournal040713.mp3"]

9 a.m. Elizabeth invited me to sit in on their weekly lab meeting via Skype. Ted Schuur head of the Schuur Lab at the University of Florida is the Principal Investigator (PI) for the CiPEHR Site. He conducts an informal meeting once a week

I must confess that my day off started late, but it was well deserved as I stayed up until 1:00 a.m. taking pictures of the Northern Lights. It was spectacular! I'll journal about the aurora in more detail in the future ... you know, coronal mass ejections and photon emission spectra ... just the