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The Power of Water I visited Glacier Canyon when I was staying in Grindelwald, Switzerland. This site is a spectacular tourist location and I had grand plans on finishing a video walking tour through the canyon days ago. Well time has flown by since I met up with the entire Sliding Glaciers

The Lang Glacier and Forefield Coming on the heels of the hike to Wildhorn, this could be called an easy day. But come on, this is the Swiss Alps. It is all hard to some degree. The hike was definitely not as steep, but my leg muscles let me know they were not happy with me once we started upslope

I Think I Can The target for today was a small remnant glacier near the Wildhorn mountain peak called Glacier du Wildhorn. I’m glad I didn’t know the details of the ascent before I did it, because that would of just given me time to get anxious about the climb. And boy let me tell you, it was hard

...is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Archive stored here: https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/permafrost-and-community --- Today was my last day in Nikolai! We had originally planned to stay through tomorrow, but with the cancelled trip to Telida, folks wanted to head back

...is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Archive stored here: https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/permafrost-and-community --- Luck has not been our friend this trip. Yesterday was the last day we could have made it to Telida and had enough time to do our field work, and it was

...is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Archive stored here: https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/permafrost-and-community --- You know, I promised myself before I left that I would journal every day I was here, but some days you’re just frustrated. We aren’t going to make it to

Just because the pluck is over doesn't mean that there isn't work to do! On Saturday we headed to the Sagwon site 90 miles North of Toolik. Driving on the Dalton Highway is always an experience and sort of like the old video game Frogger where instead of dodging cars, we dodge potholes. After almost

...is this your first visit to my journal? Start on Day 1! Archive stored here: https://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/permafrost-and-community --- Today started out incredibly frustrating. Here’s the thing: remember when I was all excited to ride on a tiny airplane across Alaska? Remember when I