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In Tucson we enjoy a frozen fruit slush called an Eegee. If you eat one too quickly you can get a headache called a "brain freeze". Today I found out that you can get a brain freeze from the outside in. It was grey, overcast and windy today. You couldn't see very far on the horizon, and the snow was

Michelle Gaspar invited me into her 7th grade class at Eben Hobson Middle School in Barrow, Alaska. There are 185 students total in grades 6-8 at Hobson. We were joined in Michelle's classroom by her teammate's class of 7th graders. They are organized like our 6th grade team at home. Michelle

There are several puzzles in today's journal... First puzzle: Today we wanted to visit the Pevek museum. Since most stores do not open until 10 or 11 in the morning, we decided it would be best to wait until about 11. After dressing in our warm clothes, Martin, Jochem, Kristina, Addie and I set out

I am still in Pevek. The good news is that arrangements are underway to secure the needed equipment for the drilling operation at the lake. Today, as we were waiting in Pevek, we were invited to visit the Pevek School. Addie, Kristina, Jochem, Martin and I joined our translator Rita for a visit to

Today was a slow day... we are still in the waiting place. Although some good news has arrived, we will likely be in Pevek several more days. Arrangements have been made for some of the equipment that is needed down at the lake to be flown in from the USA and other parts of Russia. Until all the

On Friday, March 20th, I experienced the second best ride in my life as I traveled by helicopter over the Bering Sea crossing St. Lawrence Island to a small village on the northern side. As we landed the helicopter, townspeople were awaiting on snowmobile (or snow machine as they are called in

This is a story about how a brilliant hypothesis proposed in the evening can go down in flames the next morning, and also a cautionary tale about technology. Cryptogamic crusts seem to grow in regular patterns. Lumps of black cyanobacterial stuff an inch or less across are separated by about the

Today I did an Arctic duathlon. I went for a run and a swim, and fortunately it was not in the same location. I ran along polar bear footprints on the sea ice in the afternoon and swam in a pool in the evening. The OASIS team from Canada took me along with them to the sea ice. It takes about 20

They say here "The Mojave is the rain forest of deserts." Even though the rains were disappointing this year, the desert is in bloom!