It is fun getting ready for such a trip! It is a bizarre place to visit so I get lots of interesting questions. One that is on everyone's mind is, "How cold is it in May and early June?" I wonder that myself since there isn't a way to look up the forecast because the NEEM research center is not a city on the map. If I could only "google" the weather forecast! I have to rely on past May and June temperature readings from people that have been to this camp before. Most remember temperatures below freezing, but the sun is shining almost all of the night as well as the day which makes it feel warmer. One can only hope... The students and I have been watching Dr. Mary Albert's video titled "Reading Ice Cores". This is an interesting 8 minute video about ice coring at the Summit site on the ice in Greenland. You can view it at http:// if you would like to get an idea of what it might be like on my adventure. All of my students made ice cores using a snow cone machine, something I told them I would not be doing on my trip! I am hoping to be drinking some hot tea or cocoa in a warm tent.
Tonight I gathered all the warm clothes everyone has been lending me for my trip .Can you find the dark blue hat? I am thinking I might wear that when I sleep so my sleeping bag doesn't have to be over my head. I am taking even more socks than in this picture because I have been told they get wet and don't dry out! In addition to clothes, I have received a murder mystery book that takes place on the ice, an eye mask to make the night look dark and a pair of ear plugs to help me sleep with snoring tent mates. So I'm set! Four more days until I fly to Denmark and meet some students!
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