February 23, 2011 Ice is Nice

Talk about a varied day! We started with sessions on field safety, then risk management, and finally how to use satellite phones. This was followed by a trip to the Polar Services warehouse for a lesson in (clothing) layering, and finally after dinner we went to the Ice Park to see both finished and in-progress ice sculptures. Now it’s 9:30 P.M. and I need to do this journal entry. Grading a few of the papers I brought to Fairbanks with me wouldn’t be a bad thing either.

Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I’m going to focus on the pictures for this journal entry. Here they are:

PolarTREC teachers having a laugh after a skit.

When you are in a remote field location, the satellite phone may be your only contact with the world beyond your field camp.

Here a fisherman celebrates a successful catch of ice fish.

The slides at the ice sculpture park. These were a kick to go down!