Our snow lab is collapsing. Over the last month, the wind has blown snow on top of the old snow lab and the roof is starting to cave in. The snow lab is the underground storage area that Brandon and others created in May to store the snow layer samples that we take each morning.
It needs to be super cool so we store our snow layer samples underground. It will take us several days to build.
But the good news is that we have the correct tools. Did you know that there is something called a snow saw. It is awesome. It cuts through the snow like a knife cutting through butter.
We are saving the snow blocks that we are cutting out to make an igloo. We aren’t exactly sure how to do it, so we decided to try it on a smaller scale first by building a model.
We will keep you posted to let you know how it turns out. Don’t you think Brandon is good at building igloo models!
The weather was a little overcast and chilly (15 degrees Fahrenheit or – 9 Celsius). But the wind made it seem like 2 degrees Farhenheit or -17 degrees Celsius.
Watch this short video clip to see the snow flurries that were falling while we were building our new snow lab.
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Date
Expedition
Weather Summary
Overcast in the morning, clearing around noon. Snow flurries in the afternoon and late evening
Temperature
15
Wind Speed
11
Wind Chill
2
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