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 plan to go Kotzbue and Noatak on Wedesday. Once we arrive in Kotzbue, we will drive up Noatak River by snow machine!
Noatak is one of the interesting borehole site.
temperature seems recent warming trend.
We have a great support team in Noatak Hhigh School. The teacher Ms. Susette Carroll and her student Mr. Ezra Adams help us for downloading and correcting data this winter. This was an emense contribution to our project. Much of the excellent results of our Permafrost Health Project are due in no small part to those in the villages willing to help us with our data.