The University of Alaska EPSCoR program, NASA IPY and NSF IPY, Thermal State of Permafrost programs are conducting an outreach effort in conjunction with it's research focus on permafrost and infrastructure. The outreach effort has been termed the "Permafrost Health" program and consists of installing permafrost temperature monitoring systems!


As of last night we didn't knwo if we could drill at Saint Mary's. With Dave's help Kenji was able to secure a spot to drill.
The plan was to finish drilling before the lecture at 11:30, and then install the thermister and data logger so we can take a reading before we leave here.