Update: What have I been up to since Alaska?
It’s been a few weeks since I returned from Alaska, so I thought I’d check in and let everybody know what I’ve been up to. It’s all good things, but…
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Today was my last day in Nikolai! We had originally…
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Luck has not been our friend this trip. Yesterday was…
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You know, I promised myself before I left that I would…
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Today started out incredibly frustrating. Here’s the…
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So I keep telling you that I’m going to be unreachable…
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What a day! I couldn’t sleep last night because I was…
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Day 2: Prepping for the field
Today hasn't been the…
Red-eye flights suck. I don’t have much else to say about getting to Fairbanks last night, except that around 4 am, somewhere over Canada, I woke up from a neck-wrenching nap and saw the most AMAZING…
I leave tomorrow! Why are trips always so nerve-racking when it comes to it? I had what looked like a small list of things to finish up, and now I’m staring at the clock wondering where the day has…
I honestly can’t believe I leave for Alaska in a week – there’s so much left to do! I’ll post a couple more times before I head out (what do you want to know about? Is my gear interesting?), but for…
My name is Allyson, and I do research and development for new exhibits at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in Portland, Oregon. In August, I'll be heading to two Alaska Native…
