I leave for Alaska in a few hours! Our local paper put the news of my expedition on the front page last week and it’s generated lots of interest around here.
The article isn’t online yet, but I’ll add the link when it’s posted.
My bag is all packed, and I’m leaving just in time to experience a record heat wave in Alaska and the emergence of the tundra’s infamous mosquitos. Here’s a picture from Toolik yesterday, taken by PolarTREC researcher Alicia Gillean who’s been at Toolik for 3 weeks now.
Tonight I’ll be in Fairbanks and tomorrow I’ll make the 10-hour drive up the Dalton Highway, crossing the Arctic Circle and arriving on the tundra. Next journal entry will be from Alaska!
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