Permafrost outreach 2009
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!Saturday, May 5, 2007
Whitehorse (May 4, 2007)
We are now in Whitehorse and have drilled several sites at Golden Horn school. Unfortunately, we had no luck finding permafrost there. Whitehorse is located near the southern boundary of permafrost, so it is difficult to find permanently frozen ground here. Seasonally frozen ground in the upper 70 cm of the ground is common, but so far we have had no luck finding permanently frozen ground below the seasonal frost layer.
The school students visited the drill site to see the equipment we use for drilling and geophysical investigations (GPR: Ground Penetrating Radar). After the field demonstration, we went back to classroom to show a permafrost slide show. The students were great and were very interested, and we had a great time with the Golden Horn students and teachers. Unfortunately, we still haven't found permafrost for them to monitor, but we are not giving up yet...!
posted by uaf permafrost # 9:55 PM 
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