At about 3:30 am this morning, it started raining. I mean REALLY raining. Not the Seattle-winter, consistently precipitating all day, kind of rain – more like monsoon-wind driven sideways, solid sheet of water, drench you to your skin in a millisecond through your 4 layers of clothes, the outside
Today I learned how to determine where recent tsunamis have been. It is kind of like a tsunami Easter egg hunt. Tanya, Katya, Jody, Bre and I headed north along the beach to the furthest cape that we could see from camp – about 1.5 km – to try to measure the run-up and inundation, or height and
It seems that I am still having trouble with the motion of the ship…I spent the evening of July 31 and the morning of August 1 in my bunk…. Bre gave me some of her Bonine though for motion sickness and that combined with smoother swell has made it so that by breakfast time, I was mostly up and
This was our last day at the site and there was still quite a bit to do. There was still some excavating to complete and all of the final documentation of the site to do – and it takes a LOT more time than I had anticipated! But before we could begin our last day of work – Ben, Mike and I headed
These two days were our longest, hardest days of work as we tried to finish up the excavation work before our scheduled departure from Simushir on July 31. *A view of our commute to work at the Vodapadnaya Field Camp. Colby Phillips is climbing the path up the 42 m high terrace that leads to the
Compare what students in a tropical climate do to prepare for recess with students who live in the interior of Alaska. Learn several consequences caused by sub zero temperatures. Create awareness that people are able to prepare for a cold environment by adding layers of clothes.
Objective
Compare what students in a tropical climate do to prepare
Welcome to Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland Ittoqqortoormiit is the Greenlandic name for this largest East Greenlandic village of 550 inhabitants. 140 students attend the local school through 11th grade. Those that can, finish their last year of school in Denmark. Almost everyone speaks an Eastern