Well, I just wanted to share a few pictures with you. We have started doing our afternoon outings and things are getting really exciting. We visited the Arctic Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) main office -- where we had lunch -- and later on went to the University of Alaska's Museum of the North, here in Fairbanks. PolarTREC, of course, is managed by ARCUS.
Wanted to add that temperatures have been between –18 °C and –34 °C (–0 °F and –30 °F) for like the whole week. That is easily tolerable, of course with the right clothing. Here you can see us with the ice polar bear at the University of Alaska, and a couple of hours later walking on top of a frozen lake.
Lastly, I am posting a picture of one of our mentors, Michelle Brown, at the Amundsen-Scott research station in the South Pole. This is exactly the place where I am headed next December together with the IceCube NeutrinoAn elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass. An electrically neutral particle that is often emitted in the process of radioactive decay of nuclei. Neutrinos are difficult to detect, and their existence was postulated twenty years before the first one was actually discovered in the laboratory. Millions of neutrinos produced by nuclear reactions in the sun pass through your body every second without disturbing any atoms. ObservatoryA location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. team, headed by Dr. James Madsen of the University of Wisconsin at River Falls.
Finalmente les pongo algunas fotografías. Hemos comenzado nuestras salidas diarias cada tarde, lo cual ha resultado fabuloso. En primer lugar visitamos el Consorcio de Investigación Ártica de los Estados Unidos (ARCUS, por sus siglas en inglés), organización encargada de la administración del programa PolarTREC. Posteriormente pasamos al Museo del Norte, ubicado dentro del campus de la Universidad de Alaska, en Fairbanks.
Las temperaturas se han mantenido entre –18 °C y –34 °C (–0 °F y –30 °F) consistentemente a lo largo de la semana. La verdad es que bien vestido y con la ropa adecuada, no se siente frío.
Antes de retirarme les dejo con una fotografía de una anterior participante (y ahora mentora) de PolarTREC. Se trata de Michelle Brown, quien visitó la estación Amundsen-Scott en el Polo Sur, lugar a donde viajaré este próximo diciembre. El viaje lo haré con el equipo dirigido por el doctor James Madsen de la Universidad de Wisconsin, para utilizar el telescopio IceCube.
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