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The following is Part 1 of Matt Walsh’s edited and abridged Personal Journal for August 2-7, 2007, recounting his surveying exploits with James Taylor and Dima Chvagian in the North Central Kuril Islands. All photos, unless otherwise note, are courtesy of Matt Walsh. August 2, 2007 Woke this

We awoke to a relatively warm and sunny morning – the skies were still clear, we could see both of "The Kichas” and it wasn’t windy. After breakfast, Mike and I packed for another day of climbing, hiking and digging and awaited our zodiac ride to shore. We landed nearer to the direct southern end of

We have just finished working at the Ushishir Group, which includes two small islands, Yankicha to the south and Ryponkicha to the north. They are what remain of the catastrophic explosion of the Ushishir volcano that occurred about 9500 years ago. Yankicha is the caldera remnant and Ryponkicha is a

A Guest Journal Update by Bre MacInnes Guest journal written by Bre MacInnes Misty has asked me to give a little report about the tsunamists’ (Jody, Tanya, Katya, Seriosha and my) time in Dushnaya Bay. As the weather is less than ideal at the moment (windy, occasionally raining, cold…) and I am

I don't know about any of the other PolarTREC teachers, but meeting "my" science team for the first time was preceded by mild nervousness. I have been in email contact with them and have even talked to them on the phone, but still, being the lone middle school teacher riding up the elevator to the

Although not bird brains, we are putting our teaching noggins together. I’m still waiting for students, but I guess school begins NEXT week. East Greenland, northern California and the Hawaiian Islands sound worlds apart, yet have some basic similarities. Each are of volcanic origin, with some

Another type of school in Greenland... Emilie Pike, native of Ittoqqortoormiit, is a new teacher. Previously a carpenter, he is looking forward to this opportunity to strengthen his community. But he will not be working in the local elementary/secondary school. Instead he will provide lessons to 18

Today, the most frequently-heard words out of Bre’s mouth were: "Holy Crap!” We began the day with our typical breakfast of leftovers and/or muesli with milk. Then we got our gear together and hiked over to Ainu Bay, which is on the south-west side of Matua, on the Sea of Okhotsk side. Last year, at

Greenland provides many opportunities for research. It has not been studied expensively in the past, but with an interest in marine mammals, climate change, Polar bears, and with new technology making research less difficult, Greenland serves many research interests. In the village of

August 6 is Bre’s 25th birthday! Everyone on the island of Matua was invited to a party to start at 7pm at the geology shore camp. (Okay, so that’s only 12 people that we know of…) The day dawned sunny and clear just as Bre had asked for … she just left out one detail – wind. We set out "early” – 9