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!

Friday, February 29, 2008

"Tunnel Man" Episode 1 "Emerging from the ancient permafrost"going to edit!

"Tunnel Man" Episode 1 almost finish taking picture and going to edit now. I can show you some of the video shots!

posted by uaf permafrost # 1:43 PM

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Anaktuvuk Pass

Kaji and Kenji fly to Anaktuvuk Pass.
Anaktuvuk Pass is located beautiful valley at the middle of Brooks Range and we can see a lot of caribou around the village. Middle school students said "caribou will leave, when the snow disappear." We try to drill deeper as normal 5-6m. However, very frozen gravelly condition to allow us drilling as deep as 1.5m. We install one detalogger and to meet students before airplane pick us up!

posted by uaf permafrost # 6:44 PM

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

"Tunnel Man" start filming!

We are happy to announce exciting news today!
The series of educational action and adventure movie "Tunnel Man" start filming.
This series try to explain "science and Math" using typical Alaskan topics. But it not only educational movie but also including hard action and extreme adventure. So people call "Last secret of ALASKA!"
First film will finish in March!

posted by uaf permafrost # 6:34 PM

Monday, February 18, 2008

Minto

Kaji and Kenji drove to the Village "Minto". Minto is Athabaskan Indian village north of Fairbanks.
Science teacher "monica" organized to set up meeting with the middle school students.
Kenji had a lecture about permafrost and installation of the frost tube with them.
After the frost tube installation, we drill deeper borehole for permafrost temperature monitoring program.

posted by uaf permafrost # 8:32 PM

Friday, February 15, 2008

McGrath

After we move to McGrath school. We join Nicole's middle school science class and high school chemistry class. all students are well knowledge and great time. Once class room talk was done, we go out to drill frost tube and deeper temperature monitoring hole. frost tube site are developed out side of classroom and white spruce forest floor. deeper borehole was installed about 2km east of town, where presence of permafrost.

posted by uaf permafrost # 6:43 AM

Takotna

Kaji and Kenji visit Takotna and McGrath on Monday. Takotna is located about 20 miles west of McGrath. Principal (Bob) pick us up at runway by snowmachine (He has nice 4 stroke Arctic Cat!). After arriving school, we install frost tube. Bob help with us all the time during -14dF cold outside. Early afternoon, pilot (Mike) pick us up for fly back to McGrath.

posted by uaf permafrost # 5:37 AM

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Alaska Forum

Our poster is presenting at Alaska Forum of the Environment, Anchorage. It is great exposure to show our activity to the state wide community. Kaji and Kenji stop by the Egan convention center on Sunday. If you need poster, let me know we may make copy for you.

posted by uaf permafrost # 10:40 AM

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Healy and Anderson

We have new member to help our program. His name is "Kaji" who is UAF graduate student at department of Journalism.
So he is very good at recording our activity!
We (Kaji, Tohru and Kenji) visit Healy and Anderson schools to give a talk and check out frost tube.

posted by uaf permafrost # 8:28 AM