April 9, 2007 Wind 11.2 mph Air Temperature -19.5C -3.1 F Wind Chill -19.6 F Latitude 73 11.56 N Longitude 146 42.29 W ** Yesterday morning I helped Andrew Roberts set up several photo stations…
April 8, 2007 Wind speed 14.5 mph Air Temperature -19 C      -2.4 F           Wind Chill -22 F Latitude 73-12.62 N                           Longitude 146-38.33 W There are several things that…
April 6, 2007 Latitude 47-39.35N Longitude 122-19.00W Wind 16.6 mph Air temperature -12.5 C 9.5 F Wind Chill -8.6 F Breakfast is fairly quiet. We have oatmeal, sausage, eggs and pancakes or…
4.4.07 It takes a large number of people to put scientists into the field. The amount of planning and logistics is immense. Planning to purchase or build equipment, airplane flights and hotels,…
4.1.07Wind 17.9 mph from the East. Air temperature -23.8 C, -10.8 F Wind chill -34 F Latitude: 73--15.706N Longitude 145--08.679W 6:10 am Alaska daylight time. Camp Chefs Victoria and Stephanie.…
3.31 Heading north to the ice camp! Up at 5 am load the car and head to the university.  It is a lovely spring morning in Fairbanks and the temperature is -5 F.  At the university Cathy downloaded…
Cathy Geiger firing a shotgun during bear training. One of the potential hazards in the Arctic is running into polar bears. To be prepared, I went to a four hour class covering bears and firearm…
I have met a number of very talented teachers with some incredible backgrounds and we were going through this intense orientation. I was really enjoying the people and learning a lot. But with the…
Your body is a furnace using cellular respiration to keep you warm. Because it is a furnace it needs to burn fuel that you take in as food. The amount of energy in your food is measured in calories…
Survival Training. During the PolarTREC orientation we spent a day on survival training. Our instructor was named Tuck Brouhard from LTR Training systems. The class was called "learn to return…
In the morning Ms. Jones, Cathy and I caught the schools bus and rode into school. At 10:00 Cathy talked to the students about her work on the ice. I also presented, talking about Hartford High and…
3.27 On the way to Fort Yukon Kathy Geiger Bording Plane We got on a small turboprop Beechcraft 1600 operated by Frontier air for the 30 min flight to Fort Yukon. Fort Yukon doesn't have any…