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!

We are going to Yukon Territory, Canada this week for establishment permafrost monitoring sites. Tentatively, we install 6 schools and schedule is following:
May 2 (Wednesday): drill Beaver Creek
May 3 (Thursday): talk Beaver Creek drive to Destruction Bay
May 4 (Friday): Destruction Bay; drive to Whitehorse
May 5 (Saturday): drill in Whitehorse
May 6 (Sunday): Drive to Ross River
May 7 (Monday): Drill Ross River
May 8 (Tuesday): Drill Faro, drive to Carmacks
May 9 (Wednesday): drill Dawson
May 10 (Thursday): Drive back to UAF/Whitehorse from Dawson