Permafrost outreach 2009

We drive another 500-600 km to go Faro today. Faro is originally mining town and house and road is beautifully constructed. We talk to Garry (principal) and Bruce (science teacher) about class schedule and drill site. School building and play ground had quite bit permafrost problems. One of the baseball field need fill in gravel every year that why grass could not growing. When we arrived Faro, it was rain. But it looks getting better. We decide to drill upper part of small valley next of the school. We are successfully installed Faro permafrost monitoring site around 7pm. We back to B&B to make temperature sensors and start datalogger. After the dinner, sensors are in the hole and start recording. The sky is just getting orange and beautiful sunset with some remaining cloud.