Permafrost outreach 2009

First Kenji talked to the students. He actually talked twice this morning. Once to the middle school and then to the high school kids. There were far less students in school than the total number of students. We heard that the flu going around in the village and a lot of the school kids were out sick. That explains why we didn't see kids playing outside over the weekend.




He talked in the gym for the mixed grades first. After a brief break, it was round two with the high school students. After the talk we all went to the monitoring station, and Kenji explained how the thermister and data logger worked and showed the current ground temperature to the students.











Shageluk is involved in other science projects, and we hope ours will be an addtion to their projects. After we thank and say good by to Joy, we rode out of Shageluk.






The trail out of Shageluk was hard packed bumps for a few miles and then a few miles of narrow trail that threads through the woods.









With all the bumps and turns, one of the sleds pin came out. Always carry extra parts and pieces incase of emergency, and if you can, put the tool box where it's easy to get to.





Once we hit the Yukon River, it was like a highway. The smooth hard packed snow coverd most of the river. On top of the good trail condition, it was sunny and warm.
Today was the first time we stopped for a while and had a little snack break.

By 3:30 we were in Holy Cross. The school was closed for a meeting in Grayling, but Principal Kay made arrangements so that we can stay at the school.