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!Monday, March 17, 2008
A full morning in Emmonak
It was a long night making final preparations for the trip.
We were able to stay at the school last night.
Waiting in the classroom as the students started coming into the building.
Kenji talked to the students in the gym,
and talked about the Permafrost station and the temperature of the ground around the school.
After the talk, we found out that the sleds will not arrive here today.
It was a completely disappointing news that could change the entire schedule.
Since we don't have the casing pipes either, we used plastic containers
Scrambling to look for the best solution, calling the freight company and VECO.
Hours went by...
Kenji went to the river to take some samples and measure the ice thickness.
While we are thinking about our next move, Ned was asked to give a talk to the students.
And new development with the sled.
We may borrow a sled from the locals...
for more information try
http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/expeditions/
posted by uaf permafrost # 2:41 PM 
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