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It was a quiet early morning when we got up and left the cabin for my last time. It was nice to take that last look and think about all of the great things that have happened here in the last six weeks. I have learned so much about Alaska, Denali National Park, the tundra, and the research that is

We woke up this morning in Fairbanks under a sunny sky and projected high temperatures of 85 degrees! That is pretty warm weather for this area. We were to meet a summer class at the university who were going out for a tour of the permafrost tunnel. The tunnel is located in the town of Fox about 16

Today started with good news and bad news. The good news, all of the people that arrived from Summit yesterday, will be going home today, thanks to the Air National Guard applying for a waiver to fly south, with the ash cloud looming very close to Kangerlussuaq. The bad news, Professor Koni Steffen

After learning that Professor Steffen and his team will be stuck on the ice sheet for at least one more day, I decided that I would at least try to show everyone why we are here, which is to study the ice sheet. So, I grabbed a bike and stopped by the Kangerlussuaq Museum to get some information

If you remember at the beginning of the expedition I said that I would be talking mostly about the main experiments going on at our site. This included the warming experiments and the drying experiments, which we have covered in previous journals. I also mentioned that there were other measurements

Today was a busy day! I had two live video conferences with students from my school and a webinar. Thanks to all that joined. Your questions were interesting and it was great to share what I am doing and all the amazing things down here with you all. First, the student that asked if the fish with

I had a very interesting day and learned quite alot. The morning was full of skyping with my students! I was able to talk and see all of my classes today with the help of Mr. P, Mr. Howard, and Mr. Miller. It was good to see them and answer some of their questions first hand. The rest of my time

Yesterday was VLF - Very Low Frequency. And if you didn't listen to those on yesterday's journal, you should. Today is HBF - Happy Birthday, Freddie! Yay! Freddie turns 11 today. What?! Who is Freddie? He is Lisa's son. You read all about his grandfather the other day - Freddie Crockett, Antarctic