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!Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Wainwright
We are visting Wainwright. Wainwright is quiet beautiful beach side village little south west (70mile) from Barrow. Art Clark (USGS)and his team drilled here in June and to spike through the permafrost (330m). He donate this hole to local school education. This is one of the greatest hole and also extreamly deepest(380m).
Vlad and Kenji had good time with high school students and new teacher (Emily) in the morning. then Vlad start measurements to the borehole. Al (principal) cordinate to meet student with Kenji. About 160 students are here in this town.
posted by uaf permafrost # 10:40 PM 
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