tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59586040825105463842024-02-20T18:36:33.306-08:00Top of the worldPerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-69071624576970320152008-01-17T10:13:00.000-08:002008-01-17T10:15:48.989-08:00post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9VUbYv9M2tH6dIRnU-wMtQHWBRcT4GrB2Picyp3VhyI2Z7HbTLjCdvimNxzspiSdf6qdBkYdbM5V27jjczv6pLa8jAcZ5JvPfTXnTt3P4aRMARZbWK3nuQ1Ykj4PHi_iWHAPwkZ2-AY/s1600-h/l_df029e8b454f77d344c8659b839afdf4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9VUbYv9M2tH6dIRnU-wMtQHWBRcT4GrB2Picyp3VhyI2Z7HbTLjCdvimNxzspiSdf6qdBkYdbM5V27jjczv6pLa8jAcZ5JvPfTXnTt3P4aRMARZbWK3nuQ1Ykj4PHi_iWHAPwkZ2-AY/s400/l_df029e8b454f77d344c8659b839afdf4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156510828324577906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8bM1Nu-1wpG2bVl4gH-V9lLI0m1kDo2bS6V4FKoOJwG9OA6Uv5xoZHwYHw7Y4sF_g2Ld1uyioBeJ-BOhsrYgMxQlw8Sbi2nh_QeG6rGQOpeTmnm90a1lRrxIgoBn-PfWA05vay3OSEk/s1600-h/534255820_l.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8bM1Nu-1wpG2bVl4gH-V9lLI0m1kDo2bS6V4FKoOJwG9OA6Uv5xoZHwYHw7Y4sF_g2Ld1uyioBeJ-BOhsrYgMxQlw8Sbi2nh_QeG6rGQOpeTmnm90a1lRrxIgoBn-PfWA05vay3OSEk/s400/534255820_l.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156510832619545218" border="0" /></a>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-87145220123790612842007-08-11T17:58:00.000-07:002007-08-11T18:05:09.405-07:00My birthday card!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQm7du8bbRA6uftDo67lPhRKukxmExO8EgrGy9OAH3pCwRyw0kYqOom83ZCv3jaWu2C_ufe04h_QeP93DFPIYIQO-2veOKg0aidJc5NqW5cR6I10_uejcX_QSYv-aZPQhW17WpjE_9epY/s1600-h/shrine+to+shiba.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQm7du8bbRA6uftDo67lPhRKukxmExO8EgrGy9OAH3pCwRyw0kYqOom83ZCv3jaWu2C_ufe04h_QeP93DFPIYIQO-2veOKg0aidJc5NqW5cR6I10_uejcX_QSYv-aZPQhW17WpjE_9epY/s400/shrine+to+shiba.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097613666933463922" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">YES, it is a bit late</span> to post this but I wanted to get my birthday card online that Amorita made for me. My birthday is July 2nd.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxwk5zt8kWn2MnqJmcq5pvoVRDvplyAUDgq4ogi8ql7mvyuIxnSWywCHDk8xXT5rxmtLfB8gdPeRMtS8DRhCREgsQBQHRi2hNsa7bFeqSWS40dIcX7tho8y9QQSChr6f4kdiusUR4oKU/s1600-h/Perry+and+shiba.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUxwk5zt8kWn2MnqJmcq5pvoVRDvplyAUDgq4ogi8ql7mvyuIxnSWywCHDk8xXT5rxmtLfB8gdPeRMtS8DRhCREgsQBQHRi2hNsa7bFeqSWS40dIcX7tho8y9QQSChr6f4kdiusUR4oKU/s400/Perry+and+shiba.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097612691975887714" border="0" /></a>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-78408820465935716182007-08-11T16:09:00.000-07:002007-08-11T17:43:00.994-07:00Wild.. life... lots of wildlife & setting sun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa9mGAMfIJUiyE8kY6jYprwvJJ5n7i56u4obGsPN9NqNk-2TtedRj1NWaipPvuFQYubRcRU0HAgUNzG6OdB-_vHGLqfE4A0-dsQsIRe2hdXTvs9GmWpqhE1crnUblDpU_fYZLBqZOoZo/s1600-h/6-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZa9mGAMfIJUiyE8kY6jYprwvJJ5n7i56u4obGsPN9NqNk-2TtedRj1NWaipPvuFQYubRcRU0HAgUNzG6OdB-_vHGLqfE4A0-dsQsIRe2hdXTvs9GmWpqhE1crnUblDpU_fYZLBqZOoZo/s320/6-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097584843407939954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">THE</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">SETTING</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">SUN!</span></span> Yes the sun here has finally set! We stayed up until 1:30 am to watch it and seeing was believing... the feeling of the last 2-1/2 months being 1 long day is somewhat over; as well for the local and non-local wildlife. There has been a large amount of bird activity, increased lemmings, more caribous and whales coming around.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhR2QP_z9iPG6eQHLPPlLnzcytF0qUKNf2T0jQMSUA9lRJE4mhDn_iG2IAigkk9BHxhx6XnXjFGGP3lBRWZoDoOorKiqolN2E2ZWEAsO1iKHeC5Xe-8RKHny5hLxBOe4cdfHR2xvjSw0/s1600-h/3-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVhR2QP_z9iPG6eQHLPPlLnzcytF0qUKNf2T0jQMSUA9lRJE4mhDn_iG2IAigkk9BHxhx6XnXjFGGP3lBRWZoDoOorKiqolN2E2ZWEAsO1iKHeC5Xe-8RKHny5hLxBOe4cdfHR2xvjSw0/s320/3-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097584834818005330" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KePapTNiXlE4W3mGx15YcuZ4qfcIejNfFTDVlB9kqs-x4o1-JNR0ELwZhBwis84-Bh2yhY841YhjX8lFJlvHe6BR6osULdA9p5ibtRAz0HJpsa4EyH8cawh11i0TEs9n19RX7IL6pqY/s1600-h/5-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KePapTNiXlE4W3mGx15YcuZ4qfcIejNfFTDVlB9kqs-x4o1-JNR0ELwZhBwis84-Bh2yhY841YhjX8lFJlvHe6BR6osULdA9p5ibtRAz0HJpsa4EyH8cawh11i0TEs9n19RX7IL6pqY/s320/5-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097584839112972642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbpvQ71eoWIB0JPgz2ypl14HqBd9hqVuZUQ-7QtWrxBe_KZzUbCJKcJD898FKgf8Az_YqBMu3m26x7ah7QoC2RDZmhPyA6XS5H5LeMFgcr71s3ctVwlj_JTfIevjwda7pMZgxPPflpwM/s1600-h/2-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqbpvQ71eoWIB0JPgz2ypl14HqBd9hqVuZUQ-7QtWrxBe_KZzUbCJKcJD898FKgf8Az_YqBMu3m26x7ah7QoC2RDZmhPyA6XS5H5LeMFgcr71s3ctVwlj_JTfIevjwda7pMZgxPPflpwM/s320/2-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097584830523038018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRCBsG6-wXRRdtlzJ9bC1SJ0-Pa9Jl04LlDrhMAmmHR2iPVxhvAlcxo6m5QjigDCKs6eSamVtVK7J1XoC5N_hdEclbco2KB3GMblpZJrKnq7mKVUtUV4DjQ2rzVQZEOFyJh4xEE64p3Q/s1600-h/7-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwRCBsG6-wXRRdtlzJ9bC1SJ0-Pa9Jl04LlDrhMAmmHR2iPVxhvAlcxo6m5QjigDCKs6eSamVtVK7J1XoC5N_hdEclbco2KB3GMblpZJrKnq7mKVUtUV4DjQ2rzVQZEOFyJh4xEE64p3Q/s320/7-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587008071457154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vf1G4k2URd-i5HcrzAcKrSkAglf6uHMHep8kUC6zJUVAYGhAYkOtMCgk9e2OydJBQ1PGM-TcehaXamjzcQOR0VqFHZX45BBHuy6MkkCrP0uEKIAcXAfoobx-qBA9fH2LDEa75zZhfQ0/s1600-h/8-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4vf1G4k2URd-i5HcrzAcKrSkAglf6uHMHep8kUC6zJUVAYGhAYkOtMCgk9e2OydJBQ1PGM-TcehaXamjzcQOR0VqFHZX45BBHuy6MkkCrP0uEKIAcXAfoobx-qBA9fH2LDEa75zZhfQ0/s320/8-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587012366424466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBig9UUpB0U11FJ5c5ud8g_rVPxHLk5KbHTzkrm4FtjcN3nj7zmMv7nscbQ-f9PYoQ1R-xA1WhSpUPRpr8ol7iiIRfTe1tmloEkzreSeSSI0eS6PWMBZGmsQCVJLjyy44g9v0EEe5t1Z8/s1600-h/9-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBig9UUpB0U11FJ5c5ud8g_rVPxHLk5KbHTzkrm4FtjcN3nj7zmMv7nscbQ-f9PYoQ1R-xA1WhSpUPRpr8ol7iiIRfTe1tmloEkzreSeSSI0eS6PWMBZGmsQCVJLjyy44g9v0EEe5t1Z8/s320/9-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587012366424482" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zVU-KAarhB1aPnpMGCFUko7qQ7NM4n_waLT7CHAueorTtlft6yQ2MtBPQcKXdcmGFUvedBcjU3JVwyAw4a4WBfT7pQdLp2hnpfsNoN5KSmZsC9-f-aCZj0jK3KSl_9lzT7_A9rIUgW8/s1600-h/10-sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0zVU-KAarhB1aPnpMGCFUko7qQ7NM4n_waLT7CHAueorTtlft6yQ2MtBPQcKXdcmGFUvedBcjU3JVwyAw4a4WBfT7pQdLp2hnpfsNoN5KSmZsC9-f-aCZj0jK3KSl_9lzT7_A9rIUgW8/s320/10-sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587016661391794" border="0" /></a><br />Ok, it did not get any darker than this, but HEY! the sun is officially under the horizon. Soon after the fog followed the sun to the ocean and made things just a bit darker and colder, but by then we were all sleeping getting ready for another field day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6_7ODO5Gqc5S9XNMPtKMGV4_qWkiFlH3ZboC3rarBlxa9dvIahex0NTSC8BPfeUGzFqbbGaETAEtRqR3Jk6bxq3QKT1NjT8CTrlHo0iG5nd9pzHJWGVTZ4-KxgfXCRbezVmSRI0LEP0/s1600-h/clouds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6_7ODO5Gqc5S9XNMPtKMGV4_qWkiFlH3ZboC3rarBlxa9dvIahex0NTSC8BPfeUGzFqbbGaETAEtRqR3Jk6bxq3QKT1NjT8CTrlHo0iG5nd9pzHJWGVTZ4-KxgfXCRbezVmSRI0LEP0/s320/clouds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587020956359106" border="0" /></a>It is an interesting time in the season, this summer has been one of the driest summers in record! Looks like I may have brought the El Paso weather with me in my carry-on bag and didn't know it. But finally some storm clouds started to grow on the horizon... it somehow never rained! Oh well.<br /><br />Next day comes and there are more gray whales on the beach rubbing their bodies on the sand, cleaning and being watched by the people...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO4c9eo6usG_GdEufz1iZjRmNKK3cR1C1-UjD7WTlvbR-EHmCaaCyTJPuJsn0dX1F519sr3WnEqpUcOINzhJwnfuIl9YTTsq4qKfZrlWefS0HHVhPg_laZT2j9f3HpUcbmjOJlo3Z2EY/s1600-h/1-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO4c9eo6usG_GdEufz1iZjRmNKK3cR1C1-UjD7WTlvbR-EHmCaaCyTJPuJsn0dX1F519sr3WnEqpUcOINzhJwnfuIl9YTTsq4qKfZrlWefS0HHVhPg_laZT2j9f3HpUcbmjOJlo3Z2EY/s320/1-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587721036028402" border="0" /></a><br />then there was one person, Alex, who decided that he wanted to go and pet the whale. With words of... that is not a wise idea.. he started into the water.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKf26zt8dnyDglbVgwJLqr3UpYL8wkkmIVreA-QCFhSFDcoYqHK6CnRHQ7NyO9zmScr4vI5W2dKRCU2kuzhUjKm0X60CKmUQAshLMMreM1g76ouKD0sT9KyImlbsHES1_bANlROGnK30/s1600-h/2-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKf26zt8dnyDglbVgwJLqr3UpYL8wkkmIVreA-QCFhSFDcoYqHK6CnRHQ7NyO9zmScr4vI5W2dKRCU2kuzhUjKm0X60CKmUQAshLMMreM1g76ouKD0sT9KyImlbsHES1_bANlROGnK30/s320/2-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587729625963010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoBqTKa1k7djO98_3W4tPf5EFiQtEnUtWeE1F5Ku6v6Jvqi707al-EHxaswJGC89aXfOC-3v6zVWpAVbGbHA5u6ME-MhnHrhX2Eb4OhN8ZalknShpoEM7s-D6YEt6Pxvb2okn6NeNSDA/s1600-h/3-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSoBqTKa1k7djO98_3W4tPf5EFiQtEnUtWeE1F5Ku6v6Jvqi707al-EHxaswJGC89aXfOC-3v6zVWpAVbGbHA5u6ME-MhnHrhX2Eb4OhN8ZalknShpoEM7s-D6YEt6Pxvb2okn6NeNSDA/s320/3-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587733920930322" border="0" /></a>Forgetting that he wallet was in is pocket, he remembered and threw it on the beach where it opened and everything in there went flying out. We quickly picked it up as little kids thought it was Christmas and yelled "MONEY!". We then watched show. Alex got up to his chest in water, very close to the whale, which had no clue that someone was approaching.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcpMKvQRqFze5hMX5cffEk7Y5n2LNwykfGRi1_2oT5t0dHatONXFGexAY-5b8MStzL6g5hBfuvKoeXW5cYH435DT6_5IdS79LhZ-5ytBeRkVTt_YcaLUZpyZWM7SPrE727SLSHi53RqM/s1600-h/4-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcpMKvQRqFze5hMX5cffEk7Y5n2LNwykfGRi1_2oT5t0dHatONXFGexAY-5b8MStzL6g5hBfuvKoeXW5cYH435DT6_5IdS79LhZ-5ytBeRkVTt_YcaLUZpyZWM7SPrE727SLSHi53RqM/s320/4-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097588386755959330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfxGogiALLviUUUcb0yH15qWOjJAhcRPKBA06o6U-mS2xCIqQ49K8haBF-rknkPeNqmq3L5BLaljRg9k5Nab2B-xVV2GZDXCq9KrdCZD8D8XtZJkd22-4cU2ELfyHrJUF70h6bGBrO6I/s1600-h/5-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfxGogiALLviUUUcb0yH15qWOjJAhcRPKBA06o6U-mS2xCIqQ49K8haBF-rknkPeNqmq3L5BLaljRg9k5Nab2B-xVV2GZDXCq9KrdCZD8D8XtZJkd22-4cU2ELfyHrJUF70h6bGBrO6I/s320/5-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097588391050926642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwJ0QjG4_cWP08kCQONymvOB8ROYfGvCb_NV_O9r9vRGw5bUVWjzCVdX58Zg1mAYHLn1bq2h-RQ5IMGwEiYYgKD8g1P57FBnARt9u9fPRC3gAIK7r-s1faUQp6YPFrNm_juHqh1AI_vQ/s1600-h/6-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiwJ0QjG4_cWP08kCQONymvOB8ROYfGvCb_NV_O9r9vRGw5bUVWjzCVdX58Zg1mAYHLn1bq2h-RQ5IMGwEiYYgKD8g1P57FBnARt9u9fPRC3gAIK7r-s1faUQp6YPFrNm_juHqh1AI_vQ/s320/6-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097588399640861250" border="0" /></a>We, on the shore, were all ready for the prevailing doom to unfold, and I was mentally ready to jump in and pull him when the whale would knock him out with a quick hit by the tail. Ahhhh... young and.... stupid! As expected, the whale did not like it. As soon as he touched the whale, it kicked and created a huge splash and Alex came running out with the look of fear all over his face!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7w2snAVrCcwqDHekxOCaK1HBkZTSfVi1yqrECyQ09i2bu8ms3sRcBIsgchP14alCX-NpCrDJmrJFucR50eTSJarsrkha-mMC-EaWxCXvuVWqhhyphenhyphenTHDQR5wE5tB-qR2wnz_0irVUudqc/s1600-h/9-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7w2snAVrCcwqDHekxOCaK1HBkZTSfVi1yqrECyQ09i2bu8ms3sRcBIsgchP14alCX-NpCrDJmrJFucR50eTSJarsrkha-mMC-EaWxCXvuVWqhhyphenhyphenTHDQR5wE5tB-qR2wnz_0irVUudqc/s320/9-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097588403935828562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWTbdH7lwSHRtsFOTaUoVEU5oHtX1_LspWKO-TGDPaDwCzK66gL32X2EWb0NL5C76P4_YnR8nJJCtSwBpnbq2PGKugwsWEGJcF-twh7-vApGfq_5oyf_f_pE0-XoajkNObu7iXKEpV2I/s1600-h/10-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWTbdH7lwSHRtsFOTaUoVEU5oHtX1_LspWKO-TGDPaDwCzK66gL32X2EWb0NL5C76P4_YnR8nJJCtSwBpnbq2PGKugwsWEGJcF-twh7-vApGfq_5oyf_f_pE0-XoajkNObu7iXKEpV2I/s320/10-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097588408230795874" border="0" /></a>People were both laughing and... well not so happy. One women said "well kids lets go... the stupid white man scared the whale away." and another man said "Good job! Did you get a piece of the whale?!" I replied "no, the whale almost got a piece of him!" we both laughed.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4veyd9m2EjbzRcRZTR7dfKCpTvoRqtztHk8ifZJKMWFC3SeazYAUBwxBT-rLutlz3PC2F83CoKcHq_sUwtpf3Uet6xTr5lSji8y6V1KbPc2ZRnFEdOhm1CQ66auIRKdXDB3bKMtcr7A/s1600-h/11-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4veyd9m2EjbzRcRZTR7dfKCpTvoRqtztHk8ifZJKMWFC3SeazYAUBwxBT-rLutlz3PC2F83CoKcHq_sUwtpf3Uet6xTr5lSji8y6V1KbPc2ZRnFEdOhm1CQ66auIRKdXDB3bKMtcr7A/s320/11-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097589108310465138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT6DSdovt2OUBhPqop-g_97vrdC5Zc-LQm7IzqL2BVTjoTxbsI8UDAbBLZYWHdkmG37_K8CnMLMh_4ih_mxXszMQORoF0MS8ZC69inhbGq073ZJ7u5q_xbfTS4okJxcZia5tNU7r9kK8/s1600-h/12-whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihT6DSdovt2OUBhPqop-g_97vrdC5Zc-LQm7IzqL2BVTjoTxbsI8UDAbBLZYWHdkmG37_K8CnMLMh_4ih_mxXszMQORoF0MS8ZC69inhbGq073ZJ7u5q_xbfTS4okJxcZia5tNU7r9kK8/s320/12-whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097589112605432450" border="0" /></a>Crazy guy. We returned back to base with pictures and video. Amorita was quick to mistakenly erase the video from the camera! oh, well. The following day we continued seeing lots of wildlife. We had a snowy owl hunting on our research grounds... correction... we were doing research on the snowy owl's hunting grounds.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQL5FM-6BmGLRpagcoEJ8t88IFPixjVqh84E6hpjEhoYTvUboQm6gS4pqhMjw6W1oVq9eTXw-UNYv-ARu3WWstQIG8BnvysXmf-k2wyQCrABWuKC0soa68z72tLlwgxNWxLoNHnT-Yx84/s1600-h/snowyowl.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQL5FM-6BmGLRpagcoEJ8t88IFPixjVqh84E6hpjEhoYTvUboQm6gS4pqhMjw6W1oVq9eTXw-UNYv-ARu3WWstQIG8BnvysXmf-k2wyQCrABWuKC0soa68z72tLlwgxNWxLoNHnT-Yx84/s320/snowyowl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587716741061090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKg3dOsCkD10WVoruk-tyMuV7tOPPTSpouFhLt_YVwu0Sl16TTb0uUmhePkrJiDSC2Tc8TvAf2bptClOfvNOmN1ELHeHtgf-t6RWanS_NrYOTm5eJazKimkWWALisBuG0hctinFhAZSbU/s1600-h/wildMush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKg3dOsCkD10WVoruk-tyMuV7tOPPTSpouFhLt_YVwu0Sl16TTb0uUmhePkrJiDSC2Tc8TvAf2bptClOfvNOmN1ELHeHtgf-t6RWanS_NrYOTm5eJazKimkWWALisBuG0hctinFhAZSbU/s320/wildMush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5097587708151126482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">New mushrooms started showing up on the ground, common for this time of the season. </span></span><br /></div><br />So, on the next day I saw from a distance what I first thought to be dogs on the research grounds. It turned out to be caribou grazing on the field. 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The bear guard was quick to warn us. The males can attack, so guys with shotguns came to watch us work. The caribou stayed for several hours, and then it was time for us to leave.<br /><div style="text-align: center;">There are now only<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">9 days</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span>left in barrow!!<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">HOME!</span><br /></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-45324753262528806772007-08-03T18:35:00.000-07:002007-08-03T19:17:34.900-07:00Ivotuk by plane!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KxYffkVaQ6cf2k0Ux-_ZCH0zbvjZpfX6zm-0hjNEaFpfH8iiHhXaD6d_n0N8_2VwzeJbs9aEzP5Tr9RC8tmtJYIPWfJQZqaVazK2YMtQHtfQDDVJIuOlh2dBLMJFtpGQjSV_yCafkJQ/s1600-h/21-cindercones2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3KxYffkVaQ6cf2k0Ux-_ZCH0zbvjZpfX6zm-0hjNEaFpfH8iiHhXaD6d_n0N8_2VwzeJbs9aEzP5Tr9RC8tmtJYIPWfJQZqaVazK2YMtQHtfQDDVJIuOlh2dBLMJFtpGQjSV_yCafkJQ/s320/21-cindercones2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094658093778655522" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Ivotuk trip</span> this morning with 7 other researchers by a small plane. We were dropping off Amorita, Dave, and Adrian for their 3 day research project along with over 900 pounds of research equipment! 4 other people came along due to extra seats left in the plane, which meant that I got to see MOUNTAINS again!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal7AcRZUSbk0GBHjAV0iG2qs6Ljr995IDH4qycn9TvpLyGyX9iEDchHsla6Fal-SPbCCKUczzjlNGHb6yxOE9bafCNub4ugf9_kiGspXZtBovTCdHi1G2f4_fGMqmHsY7HNQLyRyV3KE/s1600-h/2-hageland.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal7AcRZUSbk0GBHjAV0iG2qs6Ljr995IDH4qycn9TvpLyGyX9iEDchHsla6Fal-SPbCCKUczzjlNGHb6yxOE9bafCNub4ugf9_kiGspXZtBovTCdHi1G2f4_fGMqmHsY7HNQLyRyV3KE/s320/2-hageland.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094654859668281330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwopqXUm8MvwrHTdKdDUwlMQ7pf7Z4D66W7kgCW8YCi7bcxfdX_HRxqQ_boCsoMwkc7jyv49L0hP-NURXynCiW3T6qENEmCUhtmMIroxQx0lZeWEEO6nWSSuaRIvzicrOwcf0LbG2k9I/s1600-h/3-boarding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwopqXUm8MvwrHTdKdDUwlMQ7pf7Z4D66W7kgCW8YCi7bcxfdX_HRxqQ_boCsoMwkc7jyv49L0hP-NURXynCiW3T6qENEmCUhtmMIroxQx0lZeWEEO6nWSSuaRIvzicrOwcf0LbG2k9I/s320/3-boarding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094654868258215938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Boarding.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb49YD6ODYF-ioBhRqlXbhK_W7lz2lBlXv5zEvUgGoIixbvwYJ1Wf1luf5ow0UAIKlHt56PtN8e2V_W2UFCSfBxpAPMcoVYyLx9uBTXKguOcwb3gDUBw2z6A3aK4nuQFJykWT6AQafHTE/s1600-h/4-fogSky.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb49YD6ODYF-ioBhRqlXbhK_W7lz2lBlXv5zEvUgGoIixbvwYJ1Wf1luf5ow0UAIKlHt56PtN8e2V_W2UFCSfBxpAPMcoVYyLx9uBTXKguOcwb3gDUBw2z6A3aK4nuQFJykWT6AQafHTE/s320/4-fogSky.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094654868258215954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Fog below, clouds above.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL-xkd_5acNGR_6xBdA-g4-DALG3s6wrzAbkVTvuTfcOzGRYhCs7pFqNPVL2Uc-V_OEmrG1qYLOuhIZXL1855Peyvg3rWF5G7k91qqCPe2Mmpa1tXyaPKX-31jfR59JSyvKW_3uhGpz0/s1600-h/5-fogclearing.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVL-xkd_5acNGR_6xBdA-g4-DALG3s6wrzAbkVTvuTfcOzGRYhCs7pFqNPVL2Uc-V_OEmrG1qYLOuhIZXL1855Peyvg3rWF5G7k91qqCPe2Mmpa1tXyaPKX-31jfR59JSyvKW_3uhGpz0/s320/5-fogclearing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094654872553183266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tundra and lakes.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ98q_vK_PHNau5QdWG9Y6QnJHoMbDPgS673JOWLwDiYKcOjF8uplLEN6pUm5vuCDi6VtXjbpRa23lqTOROFFEWb7iZuY-lTEVpQ4s575Tti_jAvK8pf5J1nTGemvb8Q1v-2cTSZDanEI/s1600-h/6-fogBreak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ98q_vK_PHNau5QdWG9Y6QnJHoMbDPgS673JOWLwDiYKcOjF8uplLEN6pUm5vuCDi6VtXjbpRa23lqTOROFFEWb7iZuY-lTEVpQ4s575Tti_jAvK8pf5J1nTGemvb8Q1v-2cTSZDanEI/s320/6-fogBreak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094654876848150578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVKJaODEPwEQjYIRVWa3YvE7IjuLqwExO4dDtAbBSbuNdagvnF43wRJMzzDGDB1xMIi3-6WYkeal4IauIDORUHk5BonTCNJzLvUpXcrOUUeGLaq4HvEjrfEqe1xXyEprpusmiX5pLWCqA/s1600-h/7-ground.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmN4DJhw86drGItPewbD6CAYrXBMqX-jcPY-5YHptWjnQ0xkL6i4kF2SSVxL9UIXY_Q7Hzo_4IO2L8-rgyk5ojO3FOduWCDUb52sSsL47Y-JWLjk-9_MRK2ENUTfM0f_I7bjLj-jmEo0/s320/9-ground2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094655529683179618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxClUi6TmpRvRbNnJjU7DAUuiGJ66eiBwsARgOPrqWwsHjnBNsPLi6KhZ1HZWFxHDG9JtdRUhvTpjBpowFYAC-r54uIKSmREa0U3m9AlmZtKdC8gMOlaBu6iivQNeo7laCsp5JgXkqCHM/s1600-h/11-rivers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxClUi6TmpRvRbNnJjU7DAUuiGJ66eiBwsARgOPrqWwsHjnBNsPLi6KhZ1HZWFxHDG9JtdRUhvTpjBpowFYAC-r54uIKSmREa0U3m9AlmZtKdC8gMOlaBu6iivQNeo7laCsp5JgXkqCHM/s320/11-rivers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094655533978146930" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEQK7537ZOyXBLbtVFhSH3OS-_KjcgNLmOpGV9gCilRPQk39_bsIaptW7WUAm7D38lUaluqKy8O496Gtf1GhoGtMVy1ioZL-nRa034i5Odi5rKR5RHWFglvRtA66spofAMTAi-TaPAbs/s1600-h/12-mountains.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVEQK7537ZOyXBLbtVFhSH3OS-_KjcgNLmOpGV9gCilRPQk39_bsIaptW7WUAm7D38lUaluqKy8O496Gtf1GhoGtMVy1ioZL-nRa034i5Odi5rKR5RHWFglvRtA66spofAMTAi-TaPAbs/s320/12-mountains.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094655538273114242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Mountains!! - need I say more?<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttYCR4ShcfYJwLJL7gknRjwdHUxYkwLT2jjuy_HbrOHPuJf9_dLaFFvXFXifv1fWxJx50OU6cqCBPzDu-KETcFDsZwppX_JqSW6lEyTZM2uVhcHBBqfZ-WRu2VXaCYXzpJ0nFFLRR4xE/s1600-h/13-cinder.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttYCR4ShcfYJwLJL7gknRjwdHUxYkwLT2jjuy_HbrOHPuJf9_dLaFFvXFXifv1fWxJx50OU6cqCBPzDu-KETcFDsZwppX_JqSW6lEyTZM2uVhcHBBqfZ-WRu2VXaCYXzpJ0nFFLRR4xE/s320/13-cinder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094656302777292946" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Yes, there is a small (tiny) research tent-village down there!<br /><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjyBayCneYt2xrrZGDpejH5DEucCE_liKA176qQfcMVJ2HphVlD0708c-rrM1tBxvrFEdyuCAwEvcAGrdIgUN7PzHXtLzDz_85mDeSuLzdMqBgau3oWNXEa_DD6mONDoRweILM_Cc0Zo/s1600-h/14-cinder2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsjyBayCneYt2xrrZGDpejH5DEucCE_liKA176qQfcMVJ2HphVlD0708c-rrM1tBxvrFEdyuCAwEvcAGrdIgUN7PzHXtLzDz_85mDeSuLzdMqBgau3oWNXEa_DD6mONDoRweILM_Cc0Zo/s320/14-cinder2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094656307072260258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">So close, yet so far... I only stayed in Ivotuk for about 30 minutes before flying off!</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxmGl3-FluIId0OgGfW2NvOakwDfAVWEVdSO6iDbiCnn2rGxLlhqb_zcPTx-JNU8L6khGEtYV9FciFbhIj663rjMCGc9u2wc8ykSq12Aj03AsMY2MAaMKhaZmlsT-n9WvqOZ4b_BMAms/s1600-h/15-flowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxmGl3-FluIId0OgGfW2NvOakwDfAVWEVdSO6iDbiCnn2rGxLlhqb_zcPTx-JNU8L6khGEtYV9FciFbhIj663rjMCGc9u2wc8ykSq12Aj03AsMY2MAaMKhaZmlsT-n9WvqOZ4b_BMAms/s320/15-flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094656311367227570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" >Flowers<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtWkCRiYyj-7cLrRaJ0nEqQoLMu-E24FL5elw2p8zA7w_0jRJwgUiyaIMfWHFqYcOoNwHxqEBZsl93KG34Q3UvnumCTl1VA_5r3IBOBpC9QmR6nLeE-gKsmce9y3XIX92MXcNDbErI6o/s1600-h/16-salmonBerrys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBtWkCRiYyj-7cLrRaJ0nEqQoLMu-E24FL5elw2p8zA7w_0jRJwgUiyaIMfWHFqYcOoNwHxqEBZsl93KG34Q3UvnumCTl1VA_5r3IBOBpC9QmR6nLeE-gKsmce9y3XIX92MXcNDbErI6o/s320/16-salmonBerrys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094656315662194882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Along with tussock are wild blueberries (not shown) and salmon berries (both taste great).<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSeBpiS5cccCrO9jqA71eLyQd9d_RmSnOCA8QxfbQyoNGogjb14hiZkvsFYLj0u4nkr-yr42vo0BSvaIBg3AOLWF8vXOdKobcaTh-Ednjvp3TYIkZbTw811CVXTJBQJ0xXk6jxDHwDgk/s1600-h/17-group.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSeBpiS5cccCrO9jqA71eLyQd9d_RmSnOCA8QxfbQyoNGogjb14hiZkvsFYLj0u4nkr-yr42vo0BSvaIBg3AOLWF8vXOdKobcaTh-Ednjvp3TYIkZbTw811CVXTJBQJ0xXk6jxDHwDgk/s320/17-group.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094656319957162194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Click image to enlarge (true with any picture). Group picture.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy8176D2d88ohKbKOn6opv8Hp63fDFSvuwCq_rJP6Z9DdTA99bTfLqS-c-xdrh1rv8-j9-EcRzSKWgACQPm1JiA8bEAMQWwnQIJ85vWX8WOqkba8Vnw_l9row5IhaCuYiGZPQ0Kr7oOY/s1600-h/18-ivotuk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSy8176D2d88ohKbKOn6opv8Hp63fDFSvuwCq_rJP6Z9DdTA99bTfLqS-c-xdrh1rv8-j9-EcRzSKWgACQPm1JiA8bEAMQWwnQIJ85vWX8WOqkba8Vnw_l9row5IhaCuYiGZPQ0Kr7oOY/s320/18-ivotuk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094658076598786274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJTh53MUHfT1JOV7KrN_AVFmi4kcOTZEq-w-g_opZVMErewdt1h9cCU8XaIBNdHZbLPl6Z63mcsfOWLmScSXbMw08a1QeSAokeNLdVUqSQyuKSaxunwA8QNdWvkAnQ_xxyk5_UvDqKvM/s1600-h/19-planeControls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJJTh53MUHfT1JOV7KrN_AVFmi4kcOTZEq-w-g_opZVMErewdt1h9cCU8XaIBNdHZbLPl6Z63mcsfOWLmScSXbMw08a1QeSAokeNLdVUqSQyuKSaxunwA8QNdWvkAnQ_xxyk5_UvDqKvM/s320/19-planeControls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094658080893753586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >I got the sit in the Co-pilot seat for the return trip.<br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQ8I5V_CfKurOHxNX-nw2abVtsId8NRJJmNX4LYvR3Keqlf_ZKDyYFKG88q69fbKEwqZmVtROittIE3yltlmfJ5oz00vNimWAb0_nw-Q6siaDezZfE6439wNtpyeXHs1C7M_gYVW6t_U/s1600-h/20-return.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQ8I5V_CfKurOHxNX-nw2abVtsId8NRJJmNX4LYvR3Keqlf_ZKDyYFKG88q69fbKEwqZmVtROittIE3yltlmfJ5oz00vNimWAb0_nw-Q6siaDezZfE6439wNtpyeXHs1C7M_gYVW6t_U/s320/20-return.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094658080893753602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">My View for the trip back.<br /><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoJG9UB-4nF1mg5B9OjBecMfnbxel5F9hfqlr92Awu5cZSxx5DnU_aany3X0Bwx-1BKbbD_d439l0A3MYW8QgnO7yc_S5t53CkpIlN9fVI5r1yC2tWZCk1HBA4BDBjmD3P7GA9ifM7Ug/s1600-h/21-cinderCones.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRoJG9UB-4nF1mg5B9OjBecMfnbxel5F9hfqlr92Awu5cZSxx5DnU_aany3X0Bwx-1BKbbD_d439l0A3MYW8QgnO7yc_S5t53CkpIlN9fVI5r1yC2tWZCk1HBA4BDBjmD3P7GA9ifM7Ug/s320/21-cinderCones.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094658085188720914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ridge system! Cinder Cones?<br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Goodbye sweet sweet mountains! </span><br /></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-75262536100212800612007-08-03T17:51:00.000-07:002007-08-03T19:21:11.645-07:00Helicopter ride!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazNeQz9ugoDMmyYqQ4MMEDuqUv03HvcuPbfhXVvkkfm3wtxO2JaL9cx85pEjk2UnGgWcpMo_J2RFHNV2U874xN1JaxWTJDdpOg3HKR6BlTV8_h-_T7_5ZjvcXQJ9ElEjXr5j4AKDkumQ/s1600-h/airlog.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazNeQz9ugoDMmyYqQ4MMEDuqUv03HvcuPbfhXVvkkfm3wtxO2JaL9cx85pEjk2UnGgWcpMo_J2RFHNV2U874xN1JaxWTJDdpOg3HKR6BlTV8_h-_T7_5ZjvcXQJ9ElEjXr5j4AKDkumQ/s320/airlog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094647150201984770" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">On a morning</span> that was going to be yet another field day we were told that there was a helicopter with two seats available for a ride out to a small town south of barrow called Atqasuk (south). We (Santonu and I) jumped for the opportunity!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLesX8mORM71v5gV1K5TWXIBSg9bY3PeIlBUHnbaQ5s-jFkAqROFUUg2MhoEe3olDSBusWQaf80AHZJKVQ0JmyGw72nKiA2eufAUH2p_RCoJqFQU4Pgkm70wx1vq_7_hLme5zE9OJIVVk/s1600-h/heli.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLesX8mORM71v5gV1K5TWXIBSg9bY3PeIlBUHnbaQ5s-jFkAqROFUUg2MhoEe3olDSBusWQaf80AHZJKVQ0JmyGw72nKiA2eufAUH2p_RCoJqFQU4Pgkm70wx1vq_7_hLme5zE9OJIVVk/s320/heli.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094647141612050162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">The 6 person helicopter ride.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5ZVc-bT6gz3VSKMS0DN2IYxkJe_6PxGvC0Vkg_7IUOH3Adw2xNQ8xCNZQ0RZhIsvSEyHFX9-Ftgj__jZW_Z7wtj7dRCAl6VfzDPsqBuC1-FHjTFr3DLGA_rw9uzVF0u2N5l6s611Sbg/s1600-h/pilot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5ZVc-bT6gz3VSKMS0DN2IYxkJe_6PxGvC0Vkg_7IUOH3Adw2xNQ8xCNZQ0RZhIsvSEyHFX9-Ftgj__jZW_Z7wtj7dRCAl6VfzDPsqBuC1-FHjTFr3DLGA_rw9uzVF0u2N5l6s611Sbg/s320/pilot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094648533181454178" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PWVz8DilRmFEKORBYJAoaolPviXUBJoAmMwtvICtiAeN6TOh5wPhfCjW2UEwxaPwEb4nm0Tumih-dZSj3CwT1VdDkqc_nPYXQVHEmBP4wwexh7Y0YUUcQg-8yr_yXCrsCgU7stNmJ8Y/s1600-h/flying.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PWVz8DilRmFEKORBYJAoaolPviXUBJoAmMwtvICtiAeN6TOh5wPhfCjW2UEwxaPwEb4nm0Tumih-dZSj3CwT1VdDkqc_nPYXQVHEmBP4wwexh7Y0YUUcQg-8yr_yXCrsCgU7stNmJ8Y/s320/flying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094647154496952082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrtutsqOrpvSocQ60zR8ekKTa_l8rC-m6F5F6tW1Wf73aMtcPcZ50D8ECevPJaggTOUIZArwtt79_gMkAYYE28gE5c4WVjUAJLvtDO4ruAHpXndWmhckY1pX-ZDQmAvJ5GZUP_1JB4pU/s1600-h/ground.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrtutsqOrpvSocQ60zR8ekKTa_l8rC-m6F5F6tW1Wf73aMtcPcZ50D8ECevPJaggTOUIZArwtt79_gMkAYYE28gE5c4WVjUAJLvtDO4ruAHpXndWmhckY1pX-ZDQmAvJ5GZUP_1JB4pU/s320/ground.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094647158791919394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCxRU9PqguwRt4cmvfT6tEMJnfxTHMWJixykDWxPFM7ucUSN9CpuLCge4FgvAQWSqMd_iSnFH18_Grfpv0lbl5qwzT0c2CV-k1HVN0Rxy1gfoHbM_BAQVpf0nGu7rA-3zEGCJsKflqn8/s1600-h/ground2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCxRU9PqguwRt4cmvfT6tEMJnfxTHMWJixykDWxPFM7ucUSN9CpuLCge4FgvAQWSqMd_iSnFH18_Grfpv0lbl5qwzT0c2CV-k1HVN0Rxy1gfoHbM_BAQVpf0nGu7rA-3zEGCJsKflqn8/s320/ground2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094647158791919410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu12ZsN-udTylyT2kQ8m8j5aEEjTX3PZNTg6vRQOAhQvYFebRgHlL-6xIHnZQg6UutGNQ20KJLtOa6nzW92znP3t9xvV-BLleiWp_0xOUjEbh7nF5cCeFrxsOtHedFmb_oLbhlRR3GinM/s1600-h/atqasku.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu12ZsN-udTylyT2kQ8m8j5aEEjTX3PZNTg6vRQOAhQvYFebRgHlL-6xIHnZQg6UutGNQ20KJLtOa6nzW92znP3t9xvV-BLleiWp_0xOUjEbh7nF5cCeFrxsOtHedFmb_oLbhlRR3GinM/s320/atqasku.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094648520296552258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Atqasuk from the air.<br /><br /></span></span></div>It is a research site for a number of schools, similar to barrow, however the tundra is far more ball-like (tussock), and has lots of... <span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">mosquitoes</span>! LOTS! As soon as we stepped off the helicopter and stepped onto the ground, they rose from the tundra to feast.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq0fgvYs78OHlqXlp1dJPpE3uJpYiunFRNDGJsFY9SvqTW2vX4aJxI6JNlQghiAp1rGPThV3h889uVC0w-Mzij9bIwFOAbl7Ttty-dAAMQFY0AdvZgpvuyBYZ8dgk1hnL72F4m7jcqo8/s1600-h/land.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq0fgvYs78OHlqXlp1dJPpE3uJpYiunFRNDGJsFY9SvqTW2vX4aJxI6JNlQghiAp1rGPThV3h889uVC0w-Mzij9bIwFOAbl7Ttty-dAAMQFY0AdvZgpvuyBYZ8dgk1hnL72F4m7jcqo8/s320/land.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094648524591519570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Landing in the field just South of Atqasuk.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZPuIXqOYoq0j_8LSB4uDsadGZb22KZQtv49iFNS2zQXzcLz1F2Yf2WAL2FoPzAIM-pEsf2YvPbLu5WQFq_hVqq_Sgj4GAVFnq4wmh0kfbOGAyu1mNO8XZmjoSEEWPBaaFw2JJcfcWgU/s1600-h/tracks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZPuIXqOYoq0j_8LSB4uDsadGZb22KZQtv49iFNS2zQXzcLz1F2Yf2WAL2FoPzAIM-pEsf2YvPbLu5WQFq_hVqq_Sgj4GAVFnq4wmh0kfbOGAyu1mNO8XZmjoSEEWPBaaFw2JJcfcWgU/s320/tracks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094648546066356098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tracks in the mud.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbPbib1fEzs4JCg5ywBjO8Ah6RrhsE_OS-j1oQL7S3dD20G9vaiFJLJPsQUYV-F_qpilCXuDzwibIZSzlCWbbotJxHfppcMcVHmJFqoBXjTnVFdb43NmuZaXw62jMLDBpaAWNAsAvbk0/s1600-h/methane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbPbib1fEzs4JCg5ywBjO8Ah6RrhsE_OS-j1oQL7S3dD20G9vaiFJLJPsQUYV-F_qpilCXuDzwibIZSzlCWbbotJxHfppcMcVHmJFqoBXjTnVFdb43NmuZaXw62jMLDBpaAWNAsAvbk0/s320/methane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094649752952166290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What appears to be methane bubbles in the mud! Global Warming...</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqQQ4Yb6NJM1FFEeyiSLMIemsD1zNtgi0bP9n5YgNAjTGKZy8SC11lVjjBHe98VNsJzIUwE08doEETFcjd-937oG6F8ugFc1bTPjQiJ0635m_tBI7VPPkR0jx-6Ye4fY9iD5Lz3jybh0/s1600-h/airflight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxqQQ4Yb6NJM1FFEeyiSLMIemsD1zNtgi0bP9n5YgNAjTGKZy8SC11lVjjBHe98VNsJzIUwE08doEETFcjd-937oG6F8ugFc1bTPjQiJ0635m_tBI7VPPkR0jx-6Ye4fY9iD5Lz3jybh0/s320/airflight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094649761542100898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Returning back to Barrow.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwZszr5bGmkc_C6RV8Rh2T475Q_3xfEf3MrrGHogy3uiRmwd4pX0ZGDi2518ihDHGUactQgWNblH-t0qFMpkWQsnxeoFxSVpamlwcfu1z5Tr9s7YrB0EXHE_LLsKBR55odRwo8T-jxBg/s1600-h/beo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVwZszr5bGmkc_C6RV8Rh2T475Q_3xfEf3MrrGHogy3uiRmwd4pX0ZGDi2518ihDHGUactQgWNblH-t0qFMpkWQsnxeoFxSVpamlwcfu1z5Tr9s7YrB0EXHE_LLsKBR55odRwo8T-jxBg/s320/beo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094649765837068210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The BEO research site (North end) that I have been working at, the white is the boardwalk.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmbVbtrFjX6TVGq2WkpKpfbb_gG0eRQm4t5Cwli5vBC8mjVBxc24bhB3U0I56y8ryhRxQuWFctEFS2G1ucDfm1kZrapcvWpJj0dFHDnvk77K7bDhVhmow7z709mCck-128gb9Jr_nmTo/s1600-h/horns.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmbVbtrFjX6TVGq2WkpKpfbb_gG0eRQm4t5Cwli5vBC8mjVBxc24bhB3U0I56y8ryhRxQuWFctEFS2G1ucDfm1kZrapcvWpJj0dFHDnvk77K7bDhVhmow7z709mCck-128gb9Jr_nmTo/s320/horns.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094649791606872018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Caribou horns that I found in the field.</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There is a interesting story that the locals told me about removing horns from the field... The first day that you remove horns from the field, fog will come into were you are and follow you during the night... It was true!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIbJPE1Bej8O72Cqc1mNf2Oo-kM7fXA3Q6uE27WnkJxZ9r7dQEQXU4gjugAYrMfq2v4fxfZVE-PPq_KFZhWMy_GzXRJodIlQ7Sx_Vpw6DW4S-Tpo1ohXi9GtFyE3Dt5lSCsH8o8IL8JM/s1600-h/dinner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWIbJPE1Bej8O72Cqc1mNf2Oo-kM7fXA3Q6uE27WnkJxZ9r7dQEQXU4gjugAYrMfq2v4fxfZVE-PPq_KFZhWMy_GzXRJodIlQ7Sx_Vpw6DW4S-Tpo1ohXi9GtFyE3Dt5lSCsH8o8IL8JM/s320/dinner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094649774427002818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >We came back and had farewell dinner for a fellow researcher.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Earlier that week, I got to me someone that I have been listening on the radio and internet to for years!! I nearly fell over when I asked her name and shook her hand... Melissa Block from NPR! She was following a researcher here that is studying methane bubbles in the ice over lakes. <span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwMR5wrExtVqT_9FYrlxQ4zRO4F1KwOElxKS0HJR1zirDUUcJKcCjY9Qbg39daODMormW9BEWKMUHKbCfU4o5vNohyphenhyphenVQASud7mtSMMucfTuk34t08FpWqxlLP51Rzj13dsV24RKwNGlA/s1600-h/nprPerry.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwMR5wrExtVqT_9FYrlxQ4zRO4F1KwOElxKS0HJR1zirDUUcJKcCjY9Qbg39daODMormW9BEWKMUHKbCfU4o5vNohyphenhyphenVQASud7mtSMMucfTuk34t08FpWqxlLP51Rzj13dsV24RKwNGlA/s320/nprPerry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094651569723332578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >NPR's Melissa Block from All Things Considered!!<br /></span></div></div></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-23082183913343109012007-07-25T10:32:00.000-07:002007-08-02T14:50:25.462-07:00Coast Guard and Whales, Amorita heads out<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">One more</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">month</span> left and I will be back home! I will clearly have to bribe my little dog back into her good graces... treats and climbing (walks). I hope that she will still remember me and still like me! Aaaah, one month left, I should not be counting down, BUT I am starting to think about all things that I am going to do when I get back... like: Super heated, long baths! Climbing! Sleeping in! Doing nothing! Playing with my fox-dog! Eating home cooked meals! Shaving my beard! Aaaaah! Well, I need to get my mind off that and get ready for the next few weeks which are going to be very hard indeed. We will have to wrap up our research, which means getting in a bunch of extra field days that we would normally not be doing, and inventorying everything for the trip back... and sometime in between, shopping for local crafts ($$$). So it has been more days in the field...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUBoycD3ah_I8IbgN86mVyl1ZJkyQGlEaTU8f-TP708wqHnDgHrvJr8TFrgvXJdfbit8mJLESmXnQoSC6RWUPOufy7ivcXGHS6hHODDUYdfa9cjkwZp-vKyrMeixBky_aCYt_5crWR0o/s1600-h/trailBuild.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUBoycD3ah_I8IbgN86mVyl1ZJkyQGlEaTU8f-TP708wqHnDgHrvJr8TFrgvXJdfbit8mJLESmXnQoSC6RWUPOufy7ivcXGHS6hHODDUYdfa9cjkwZp-vKyrMeixBky_aCYt_5crWR0o/s320/trailBuild.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091195246331483794" border="0" /></a><br />Picture above, we had to round up the UTEP crew to make a trail using these rubber matted strips, which we had to carry for a mile or so, to a new research area. I had never felt so dumb on this whole trip until this day. Some people had hard-frame backpacks, others dragged a small pile with a rope, and Sandra and I used bikes (the worse idea ever). It was crazy! The bike was going all over the place, the weight on the back was causing the front wheel to pop straight up into the air, which would then cause the pile to topple over (plus we didn't have enough rope to properly tie everything down). We could not ride the bike due to this, and walking it was just as bad, I was completely wasted after this and I killed my knee. When I told Amorita about this she told me "it could be worse", at which point I nearly lost it! Not what I needed to hear at that point. I was not happy, nor was Sandra. We lived and I hope that we won't be doing that ever again. A few days later Amorita, Dave and Craig were getting ready to leave for their main field research that would be taking them to various places in Alaska! It was going to be very hard work, camping out and working with the elements with no retreat to an shelter other than the tents. So Amorita and I escaped (alone! for once) to a nice dinner at our favorite Japanese restaurant... Osaka!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuT82EiMSiBk3J7IRyvVR68mu32NxZGz68Oj64FVYccuEeGvWVQfcrVX13rTUMq54H0nbB_Dx03KFJlJb8KrawVrKeGBgY6XD-ugek4dBqFtfphdpyp6cphZLA99M26iVN4OOtBQWtHo/s1600-h/dinnerOsaka.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuT82EiMSiBk3J7IRyvVR68mu32NxZGz68Oj64FVYccuEeGvWVQfcrVX13rTUMq54H0nbB_Dx03KFJlJb8KrawVrKeGBgY6XD-ugek4dBqFtfphdpyp6cphZLA99M26iVN4OOtBQWtHo/s320/dinnerOsaka.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191252011898130" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAZroAyWrrTSAJyfUaq2dthPdNF7_F2zSYrdEoV-2tgLljTT7yiUCT7Hahu02K5zLHDfwlZ6y-evTvieTJ9lz774meWnm2JtV1ff5hgFVssBSKnBh_VytA7rlLgPqaa33V5jGbjRVY7w/s1600-h/amoritaOff.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAZroAyWrrTSAJyfUaq2dthPdNF7_F2zSYrdEoV-2tgLljTT7yiUCT7Hahu02K5zLHDfwlZ6y-evTvieTJ9lz774meWnm2JtV1ff5hgFVssBSKnBh_VytA7rlLgPqaa33V5jGbjRVY7w/s320/amoritaOff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091189521140077730" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Amorita heading out for her trip.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SrYifO_kJfEx2OuNFwRaLkQ_bXTdqG1HQbjGAuzdrUhWXU6Q8UQFZCqo23fkuJohqfeOzAyJIrpu-wg53jFZo5uGle5UW-6sE7Eo0miWp2hPFfBdKoQB3418pYn5gDJ8G7_8N-S1jOQ/s1600-h/frontierWait.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SrYifO_kJfEx2OuNFwRaLkQ_bXTdqG1HQbjGAuzdrUhWXU6Q8UQFZCqo23fkuJohqfeOzAyJIrpu-wg53jFZo5uGle5UW-6sE7Eo0miWp2hPFfBdKoQB3418pYn5gDJ8G7_8N-S1jOQ/s320/frontierWait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191256306865442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Waiting for their flight<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOQHjbmuVaPX615RGM78k3z7FRUVOuvakk0a_sS5zoXYT2FDv54cJJ0hX_zuy2bGcXqlKg6wTLtN5V0UxKnFmQWydli4jvjeJO8UudzPBaUB7YNLfdkHQ_AlHS3nu2eIuY9FVLtkWYe8/s1600-h/osakaWait.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOQHjbmuVaPX615RGM78k3z7FRUVOuvakk0a_sS5zoXYT2FDv54cJJ0hX_zuy2bGcXqlKg6wTLtN5V0UxKnFmQWydli4jvjeJO8UudzPBaUB7YNLfdkHQ_AlHS3nu2eIuY9FVLtkWYe8/s320/osakaWait.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193365135807906" border="0" /></a>A quick meal at Osaka<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IlW9354e8WPsETsnWYQ2HWjSBwRVC18YJh8I3XP1C8THKZa2BZ5ftSOfH_APo6WPyRhXkxf_jsTUQWsEpMnLMvVzQOQ0t3DGnL9mr4EklzPhNabvfWcmrs5Knbe6q4eY9g7TXaEBSI0/s1600-h/perrySleep.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IlW9354e8WPsETsnWYQ2HWjSBwRVC18YJh8I3XP1C8THKZa2BZ5ftSOfH_APo6WPyRhXkxf_jsTUQWsEpMnLMvVzQOQ0t3DGnL9mr4EklzPhNabvfWcmrs5Knbe6q4eY9g7TXaEBSI0/s320/perrySleep.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193369430775218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Amorita caught me sleeping.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzTN9vbtQmf4A_h_HkSqHya7u0xGSec5u2nz3hyphenhyphen-_BCvyAZFqAuv4y8C8pB9XYVrxeGYNbDVZbcQfBqDRuCUMNpBn0XN8eSZJ8e92YBBN-_eynCKxq6pCiDMldtzHG2FIAU8CMQi-3iI/s1600-h/refPictures.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixzTN9vbtQmf4A_h_HkSqHya7u0xGSec5u2nz3hyphenhyphen-_BCvyAZFqAuv4y8C8pB9XYVrxeGYNbDVZbcQfBqDRuCUMNpBn0XN8eSZJ8e92YBBN-_eynCKxq6pCiDMldtzHG2FIAU8CMQi-3iI/s320/refPictures.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193743092930034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >The fridge pictures of Dave.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBofE8WDyOCoSB6tR16Kk0njmIVtusy60o9qFjlEnirEpgbGoVepH414lEGphhOYUBrVwtgG8DHE6tQfuuVJDwU0wsbq1Ur0tmKVVEXrYko652nRAmaecoEmNTqOP3CyIic-LxkLGv1wc/s1600-h/wildlife.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBofE8WDyOCoSB6tR16Kk0njmIVtusy60o9qFjlEnirEpgbGoVepH414lEGphhOYUBrVwtgG8DHE6tQfuuVJDwU0wsbq1Ur0tmKVVEXrYko652nRAmaecoEmNTqOP3CyIic-LxkLGv1wc/s320/wildlife.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091196917073762018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;">In the distance there is a caribou!</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1casRm3gK44TcFKn0Cz9XhwfCisTL0_SPvUOkGha6WrNg6JG8CIE91_5sB2w9amFEVFVsilAgAV_5Qg6CB1TYIvU9kfR-qd6tk9XDYA0vONu9LZIXAkE8Bb9M4ho7fMGw2cFJmQy32jY/s1600-h/sailBoat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1casRm3gK44TcFKn0Cz9XhwfCisTL0_SPvUOkGha6WrNg6JG8CIE91_5sB2w9amFEVFVsilAgAV_5Qg6CB1TYIvU9kfR-qd6tk9XDYA0vONu9LZIXAkE8Bb9M4ho7fMGw2cFJmQy32jY/s320/sailBoat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193747387897362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">A sail boat off the coast.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLv1gwgaV-QbH7dRMCYbTIpD-34EnbiZo3wlAS5Q_1hyphenhyphenezK4FmgLXGtlNMU1l7QNKlIHRs5nneS9DC_J2XxdY75IovU5Qfi0Wf1t7_49JODS2kSvTiPXEsLmjJ069NA6d69obgqnjwSRw/s1600-h/presentation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLv1gwgaV-QbH7dRMCYbTIpD-34EnbiZo3wlAS5Q_1hyphenhyphenezK4FmgLXGtlNMU1l7QNKlIHRs5nneS9DC_J2XxdY75IovU5Qfi0Wf1t7_49JODS2kSvTiPXEsLmjJ069NA6d69obgqnjwSRw/s320/presentation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193713028158930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;">A presentation given by John K. from SDSU, where I was pictured.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHVnIcar3f98fKegav1SR2tNTAMRmh9hjUH0Z_aW92NUYL2aqqz2RHMgMKlt0bCktFH8QT8F5VCsK31VNeVK3ZC3CLNFeIojh298W3nBqRS8YRj7W0O1R4v0cs67ZdZh6ZBrOpbQ7T4E/s1600-h/perryWork.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHVnIcar3f98fKegav1SR2tNTAMRmh9hjUH0Z_aW92NUYL2aqqz2RHMgMKlt0bCktFH8QT8F5VCsK31VNeVK3ZC3CLNFeIojh298W3nBqRS8YRj7W0O1R4v0cs67ZdZh6ZBrOpbQ7T4E/s320/perryWork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193373725742530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Field work.</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></div><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b5Iw0_cDcmPXKZKpyt-BEB4NS9WoQDznDcUCLeu6yv0lcJHLXAYPscgp2wMLYrRdXYQdBrZJWWBgQEIVJzz7OTjAnaMO6Q8JwQUf_aP6m1AaUE8rbIPHQkRqhOkLHi_St7RV1MdhyZw/s1600-h/cotton.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-b5Iw0_cDcmPXKZKpyt-BEB4NS9WoQDznDcUCLeu6yv0lcJHLXAYPscgp2wMLYrRdXYQdBrZJWWBgQEIVJzz7OTjAnaMO6Q8JwQUf_aP6m1AaUE8rbIPHQkRqhOkLHi_St7RV1MdhyZw/s320/cotton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191243421963506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cotton<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6LShGSYGRIXKdQpxWv7AdqJRbJoTJXxkclHufEFDhJJUI_-mb9HebaAa8SbnpEK6mNR_bpF-XpjuFJQ1fSzmkiPUcAMNJkMsRwM5WbkpK8ptsBAXy9O2UUJKw0yAqrQzmQuZObrmpnA/s1600-h/rain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6LShGSYGRIXKdQpxWv7AdqJRbJoTJXxkclHufEFDhJJUI_-mb9HebaAa8SbnpEK6mNR_bpF-XpjuFJQ1fSzmkiPUcAMNJkMsRwM5WbkpK8ptsBAXy9O2UUJKw0yAqrQzmQuZObrmpnA/s320/rain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193717323126242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Endless boardwalk with amazing sky.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjio1li_D7rfjYxcUIHQLLC7_4yvifa_HmpMPdzv5uerT6LP3wdiiEoCaiDvzlSb7YRwuTJ98c-XCh5LrLLrOGWqeHBVMWZkv8Wzu7egEUnduolC7vKV6OPykLuEHKTGmDOWgDpc3YGgs/s1600-h/introStudents.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjio1li_D7rfjYxcUIHQLLC7_4yvifa_HmpMPdzv5uerT6LP3wdiiEoCaiDvzlSb7YRwuTJ98c-XCh5LrLLrOGWqeHBVMWZkv8Wzu7egEUnduolC7vKV6OPykLuEHKTGmDOWgDpc3YGgs/s320/introStudents.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191698688496994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">New students from the local high schools.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYhbVwqpkyLT4ujYUS7hT7YgsxTGGz7Jrjv7WYciCWG3wAbS9-veLCcb6P8vfFquQqPTrzUeduPEZcjyFapcBkddLKpAJe1_zxoa1m8ad1p9wArFlGHYF6rtbFyrPGL5Yos0Nr_uYepc/s1600-h/newStudents.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYhbVwqpkyLT4ujYUS7hT7YgsxTGGz7Jrjv7WYciCWG3wAbS9-veLCcb6P8vfFquQqPTrzUeduPEZcjyFapcBkddLKpAJe1_zxoa1m8ad1p9wArFlGHYF6rtbFyrPGL5Yos0Nr_uYepc/s320/newStudents.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193352250905986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Sandra and Alex showing the new students measurements.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlJa6j4qTJsDG4IPI66vbvrwdg6wiPT69WUK0MH0mfQDtGf72UpxSrFPJNWTn0zGa6cT31LXsbwWnZPtHAlir1odgSXR251e07aC6oj-HyasLeQA6kWuhRovW_cbmpczKpOOC_Ez1Zno/s1600-h/newStudents1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlJa6j4qTJsDG4IPI66vbvrwdg6wiPT69WUK0MH0mfQDtGf72UpxSrFPJNWTn0zGa6cT31LXsbwWnZPtHAlir1odgSXR251e07aC6oj-HyasLeQA6kWuhRovW_cbmpczKpOOC_Ez1Zno/s320/newStudents1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193360840840594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Group picture with teacher and students.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dyE0yBb5unwf0FHmL7lHsYxC4IYU1tZ2ay7bIVfsYrQzznxDWVtDv8ou3r_MyF0XLzQFTyHpFEKrlk9O_ONSAIz7IQmtbaWO2SS-r4deOSTmc1-rsFs9mR7NywHn7pmQVOskkSUNQmY/s1600-h/shoreCrewPickup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7dyE0yBb5unwf0FHmL7lHsYxC4IYU1tZ2ay7bIVfsYrQzznxDWVtDv8ou3r_MyF0XLzQFTyHpFEKrlk9O_ONSAIz7IQmtbaWO2SS-r4deOSTmc1-rsFs9mR7NywHn7pmQVOskkSUNQmY/s320/shoreCrewPickup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091194872669328994" border="0" /></a>The Shore Crew picking us up to take us to the SHIP!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheT3168oFyZ8gto3jTr6iMHAYBGH2BnbwvqjeofqFCXBh7obeXqCZhNjpjA21XJLeXCSumuWzqzpdX7nVKB-STKyEl829Uz7O_unl1Jx_3mIJuYifJ0nvU28hS7L9rZZ9ZO6pDnlPDwKI/s1600-h/coastGuard1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheT3168oFyZ8gto3jTr6iMHAYBGH2BnbwvqjeofqFCXBh7obeXqCZhNjpjA21XJLeXCSumuWzqzpdX7nVKB-STKyEl829Uz7O_unl1Jx_3mIJuYifJ0nvU28hS7L9rZZ9ZO6pDnlPDwKI/s320/coastGuard1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191239126996194" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Canadian Coast Guard Ship, small (large) ice breaker with helicopter</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqxmGc_vHUy5IhFTCO0Br92d_QCXbuhhuHyXFsH8K5U6SFUEj6MHfYvzDIhoD8xNP2crLiUkyhM8HJfyaRjHxO4A7ZnxJh1ly5ECtnykJPUTSOlNr7pWfhgAYsV3cQgPjKLifaj7PrHI/s1600-h/heliship.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgqxmGc_vHUy5IhFTCO0Br92d_QCXbuhhuHyXFsH8K5U6SFUEj6MHfYvzDIhoD8xNP2crLiUkyhM8HJfyaRjHxO4A7ZnxJh1ly5ECtnykJPUTSOlNr7pWfhgAYsV3cQgPjKLifaj7PrHI/s320/heliship.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191694393529682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Backside of the ship as we went to board.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZYja6rvyt1MViZuo1njMpLDCOhwo9lqH7ZOy_RnwQeJro6U13GnEW2ey0O9XG4O1EwDvko1K4rbc8Szf4oHwkRoSHBjwalgkidhRZqYZ3v36-dTDjN6N9svBVeuSJE30CqpGZAIMZUs/s1600-h/coastGuard.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZYja6rvyt1MViZuo1njMpLDCOhwo9lqH7ZOy_RnwQeJro6U13GnEW2ey0O9XG4O1EwDvko1K4rbc8Szf4oHwkRoSHBjwalgkidhRZqYZ3v36-dTDjN6N9svBVeuSJE30CqpGZAIMZUs/s320/coastGuard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091189555499816146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Mid section and boarding latter.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf5Ei9e1XhexkCjvFeEvXj1dJKNlT3it8Xe63NtdUyqaoTjmXp00WZf0L_3KsnOJgWwUioe_rqccL4fI9gGx_CMGWAoMnFAZwCTOwHNXNVy4LfrypJk5asCnBu4DJi9nvPdvmFKuS2hE/s1600-h/lifeBoat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWf5Ei9e1XhexkCjvFeEvXj1dJKNlT3it8Xe63NtdUyqaoTjmXp00WZf0L_3KsnOJgWwUioe_rqccL4fI9gGx_CMGWAoMnFAZwCTOwHNXNVy4LfrypJk5asCnBu4DJi9nvPdvmFKuS2hE/s320/lifeBoat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191707278431602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rescue boat.<br /></span></span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdW_nlxYpKsFAtgZsqPZhyphenhyphennsTqPMRl7bKeqsAiaK5wbG9fjOaTLsdG5E_p9iMdvaSSvWYFU8xRoV1t-0GPKc5u8o-zHsX5HtF0btUiccshJKp1-w66j6QJ-fq4aBgA9OVmio7yLq1aMok/s1600-h/sirWilfrid.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdW_nlxYpKsFAtgZsqPZhyphenhyphennsTqPMRl7bKeqsAiaK5wbG9fjOaTLsdG5E_p9iMdvaSSvWYFU8xRoV1t-0GPKc5u8o-zHsX5HtF0btUiccshJKp1-w66j6QJ-fq4aBgA9OVmio7yLq1aMok/s320/sirWilfrid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091195242036516466" border="0" /></a>Sir Wilfrid Laurier (ship name).<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNJ1wQCj6NW6wqV9tPs7HNdPM0eA5zexHfcITemAaq9dmnR2B0B-GvhEJ63zN7BIgYqKV2wbIOxEZ5RouOSyQX4mABCiFgPDq_zn-jx-UcY2PLIGIIUSm3LfQFrhSljHlS-9R6m5tf5o/s1600-h/crashStop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNJ1wQCj6NW6wqV9tPs7HNdPM0eA5zexHfcITemAaq9dmnR2B0B-GvhEJ63zN7BIgYqKV2wbIOxEZ5RouOSyQX4mABCiFgPDq_zn-jx-UcY2PLIGIIUSm3LfQFrhSljHlS-9R6m5tf5o/s320/crashStop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191247716930818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Control Panels.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWv5HEPS4fsszP2rGum9Hdewa99wrk6RlgdyPRmPQbSmVQoX0mPmYmxCwDkdCmzBzDap4XdywPaYsjQIk9FE5JguDZUudkRsg0PuRkYCBlBGtFeLKaIyCGPLpSQd0L1Pcqhszj7X0-6U/s1600-h/speedOpt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYWv5HEPS4fsszP2rGum9Hdewa99wrk6RlgdyPRmPQbSmVQoX0mPmYmxCwDkdCmzBzDap4XdywPaYsjQIk9FE5JguDZUudkRsg0PuRkYCBlBGtFeLKaIyCGPLpSQd0L1Pcqhszj7X0-6U/s320/speedOpt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091195246331483778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Throttle </span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiol6Ks8S_1RPP_bYJXZs-QFTpwzdYLCK6A7UqJuxwgYnfVYDcA3F-57p9Ufwtd_0empiQcESJJ-CQhSqX3bF3gmewc6IOUlsjM6FKutcREfX0Z0IZx7Cp6527LN9BKdoh4CM9Rzu16CwM/s1600-h/alarmBell.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiol6Ks8S_1RPP_bYJXZs-QFTpwzdYLCK6A7UqJuxwgYnfVYDcA3F-57p9Ufwtd_0empiQcESJJ-CQhSqX3bF3gmewc6IOUlsjM6FKutcREfX0Z0IZx7Cp6527LN9BKdoh4CM9Rzu16CwM/s320/alarmBell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091189512550143122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Alarm bell.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINViFXgDQf88_Vzo3PKBZ0zKj5xQhhDTVGrqJv_DJ2R9A1n-tmo9zoL9NnukX1Hout-FV-qnb37DmQ7HbBXPxf8xjGCLfxkEupDmuVzniCf2cGpD1nIpZaew96xKqt_sKGl4y_Hn21e8/s1600-h/backShip.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINViFXgDQf88_Vzo3PKBZ0zKj5xQhhDTVGrqJv_DJ2R9A1n-tmo9zoL9NnukX1Hout-FV-qnb37DmQ7HbBXPxf8xjGCLfxkEupDmuVzniCf2cGpD1nIpZaew96xKqt_sKGl4y_Hn21e8/s320/backShip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091189546909881522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">View to the front of the ship.<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqxWreyRnBCGePTGipJCGPcUYZYk_hVYRdo3j_b11nX4TTLvyrP03j8_7qRPKBV9zTHx2G6SQOeWYPmxfwLZNAO4KY1XtYd4y7i7qeS4991UdvRs23UXVRTDijvC5jfQLNY6Dm-PDPgk/s1600-h/frontShip.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOqxWreyRnBCGePTGipJCGPcUYZYk_hVYRdo3j_b11nX4TTLvyrP03j8_7qRPKBV9zTHx2G6SQOeWYPmxfwLZNAO4KY1XtYd4y7i7qeS4991UdvRs23UXVRTDijvC5jfQLNY6Dm-PDPgk/s320/frontShip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191690098562354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >The loading dock of the ship (front).<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7jcJ4pgvEWRI_mo5FcD9lyt8z71DwRc3yr8pSo18LK2eF2dEzkS8SEe9gOknviAwOFbFfLQmV7NwOVqsrO2JuoGNHZcIoqHkroVKjl10FJbIhvnHxcmzqNQl1uABGu3MTJqZwEIHOeY/s1600-h/RigControls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7jcJ4pgvEWRI_mo5FcD9lyt8z71DwRc3yr8pSo18LK2eF2dEzkS8SEe9gOknviAwOFbFfLQmV7NwOVqsrO2JuoGNHZcIoqHkroVKjl10FJbIhvnHxcmzqNQl1uABGu3MTJqZwEIHOeY/s320/RigControls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091193747387897346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Controls for the loading equipment.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl50w4kUU9VLb0JAuiWQbadvYMjJCkehSGki_jzKIKfeZf_k3qqVgm1aNIwQU5af0ZbbLjd5R8Y0iYd7gB0_6m_uFxjo2APdatCJ7Q_jJLpvqlbRYGaYhk6UWVvVpLG-HchU3moNlUhfQ/s1600-h/helipad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl50w4kUU9VLb0JAuiWQbadvYMjJCkehSGki_jzKIKfeZf_k3qqVgm1aNIwQU5af0ZbbLjd5R8Y0iYd7gB0_6m_uFxjo2APdatCJ7Q_jJLpvqlbRYGaYhk6UWVvVpLG-HchU3moNlUhfQ/s320/helipad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091191694393529666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Helicopter landing pad.<br /> </span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bjQ4-LhM7UtsnRX9AjWocnYTvCVmXYPayMKw1obMEsyIIe3APdlDwtkV3TFxYyZhWIdqpsRozEc-bIk6oaqKuIUTvW1ACqPrpFvguZjy3tRmOcMsQ5D2t8OUZG5wq5i_deBVf7RYc_o/s1600-h/shipRoute.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0bjQ4-LhM7UtsnRX9AjWocnYTvCVmXYPayMKw1obMEsyIIe3APdlDwtkV3TFxYyZhWIdqpsRozEc-bIk6oaqKuIUTvW1ACqPrpFvguZjy3tRmOcMsQ5D2t8OUZG5wq5i_deBVf7RYc_o/s320/shipRoute.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091194855489459746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >The ship going final destination. </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaWkpuGlyAYmWtzxY7cffZoDuIzw2aVgCDXrsyVyRaFe71OET5pjA-9o_O3MpvIx66qdvj3NzdwDq1lJWWkiPSpKb-P_EtzCwlnM3xaY_wBXLMDzF9QN8XEomctUqwfHVN1wRkQXltAg/s1600-h/shipStore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaWkpuGlyAYmWtzxY7cffZoDuIzw2aVgCDXrsyVyRaFe71OET5pjA-9o_O3MpvIx66qdvj3NzdwDq1lJWWkiPSpKb-P_EtzCwlnM3xaY_wBXLMDzF9QN8XEomctUqwfHVN1wRkQXltAg/s320/shipStore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091194859784427058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">The store room where we all got t-shirts.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KSyoD-NotXlfCdkd8nbdu0IN4KZ0cN5oHrKY6JZ3R5Ll3jyZmu7WuxUjyyWHNqQyTnanyI6nokKt8dZHpEA7yCMNFjTwravJd4tTf68jz0I8v330uerevDMfU35jFyHj6d8QN3j7a8Y/s1600-h/shirts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KSyoD-NotXlfCdkd8nbdu0IN4KZ0cN5oHrKY6JZ3R5Ll3jyZmu7WuxUjyyWHNqQyTnanyI6nokKt8dZHpEA7yCMNFjTwravJd4tTf68jz0I8v330uerevDMfU35jFyHj6d8QN3j7a8Y/s320/shirts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091194864079394370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">The shirts that we got. (mines the blue, Amorita got the white).</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMZfIdPy-OXLjIUpNeIIjPP_BK4TvjQDBOwl_mZMzYp_SDgtZNtV3gohvsVu_HNI4dOSEOkO3JC0Rduu7V2k4E5OwL-fziRZU6QJM3oNeaW4M5ru9gwrbxK3XOGofFyqBbyn6XmS3v78/s1600-h/BarrowShoreline.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMZfIdPy-OXLjIUpNeIIjPP_BK4TvjQDBOwl_mZMzYp_SDgtZNtV3gohvsVu_HNI4dOSEOkO3JC0Rduu7V2k4E5OwL-fziRZU6QJM3oNeaW4M5ru9gwrbxK3XOGofFyqBbyn6XmS3v78/s320/BarrowShoreline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091189551204848834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">View to the coast line from the ship deck.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfqUDrkoLo9AJdTAz0PeIC-J4KAO7Jb7yDuZtw4c_7zDf5X8Z_GBMpZvGiL2b_yUVhQHT8ki3YugGdzSHWXjpM74owcw3MA-oa04vKFNFZkvrLmQ1Lxa_YS4AxLPI5_JXJTbmoTNgQ10/s1600-h/shoreCrewDrop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOfqUDrkoLo9AJdTAz0PeIC-J4KAO7Jb7yDuZtw4c_7zDf5X8Z_GBMpZvGiL2b_yUVhQHT8ki3YugGdzSHWXjpM74owcw3MA-oa04vKFNFZkvrLmQ1Lxa_YS4AxLPI5_JXJTbmoTNgQ10/s320/shoreCrewDrop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091194868374361682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;">Getting back to shore.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC78ZZ6P0qrQ9qN6mHenmiW_7p3sae7r78nDOVx_k8PopU8o_PRX4PSGG8-IPrNVkkhAjJ7v38-zVoX_RueBC65nl3HgBnFKE_B6TqhQ-Nm-NvJCf87hjd0PQgRbFbAKcwfWt32W8o8Q/s1600-h/whaleFin+.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC78ZZ6P0qrQ9qN6mHenmiW_7p3sae7r78nDOVx_k8PopU8o_PRX4PSGG8-IPrNVkkhAjJ7v38-zVoX_RueBC65nl3HgBnFKE_B6TqhQ-Nm-NvJCf87hjd0PQgRbFbAKcwfWt32W8o8Q/s320/whaleFin+.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091196899893892802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">On the return trip we saw a whale swimming along the coast (5 feet from the shore!!)<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K4kDbDKgR7WXBWZ-zKkzCfvkc6_4V5N1lrMQmoRVGzrUbu0PlC3ZS343OhHhnBs6uzG3SefzDIZVqqOy8cDBIXShDvsvab_leRR6ATzCiKX6iPzdKySMA-EdXHV8rs9v4aTq3P1C1Ls/s1600-h/whale.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8K4kDbDKgR7WXBWZ-zKkzCfvkc6_4V5N1lrMQmoRVGzrUbu0PlC3ZS343OhHhnBs6uzG3SefzDIZVqqOy8cDBIXShDvsvab_leRR6ATzCiKX6iPzdKySMA-EdXHV8rs9v4aTq3P1C1Ls/s320/whale.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091195250626451106" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >It was a medium size Gray Whale cleaning itself in the shore sand.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7oXyUarCgRcH3ALFmduxlrrm0bHnzZuMVae9ba1F-nC_BrilAovNfI38HEjsEs380Su06oLqeqfnUh7P9bd2yY8mwsNqKDxfiDSRy5AUCwNwnl8gD_dm6fbdWR6ySnAKYsGrdouAAY8/s1600-h/whale2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb7oXyUarCgRcH3ALFmduxlrrm0bHnzZuMVae9ba1F-nC_BrilAovNfI38HEjsEs380Su06oLqeqfnUh7P9bd2yY8mwsNqKDxfiDSRy5AUCwNwnl8gD_dm6fbdWR6ySnAKYsGrdouAAY8/s320/whale2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091195254921418418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaRGHY_iPCCmlicTfrPAUzZq_e6JMctWdgeCW5Oo5D-WmvQ0Iu_Qx0YjheZ359g3aA3PQyZzKACtD8ejjdafobWlGstvtLosP0NmR0aVo6j1-yk1EP8Axxy0ooo56NU4heqqs4Ht-usc/s1600-h/whalewatchers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaRGHY_iPCCmlicTfrPAUzZq_e6JMctWdgeCW5Oo5D-WmvQ0Iu_Qx0YjheZ359g3aA3PQyZzKACtD8ejjdafobWlGstvtLosP0NmR0aVo6j1-yk1EP8Axxy0ooo56NU4heqqs4Ht-usc/s320/whalewatchers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091196904188860114" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >It drew quite the crowd for hours! Now... back to the field! Had to keep this short sorry!</span><br /></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-15026112502622695782007-07-09T01:26:00.000-07:002007-07-09T20:44:48.362-07:00Birthday and 4th of July<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Birthday <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">and</span> 4th <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">of </span>July!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnQvc9zqrr5yqaEpAEPuxo8Ngn8grN065zGJh_UFKOzGAe9vvt68zLS_5uEbfZL_51ha_zBwxBFMyAtP3BJppyhyTE8wBz0yduRDjexioYmfCT87cKiqdHu4LR7UDsug7fgKtdv7VaFw/s1600-h/tramWork.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnQvc9zqrr5yqaEpAEPuxo8Ngn8grN065zGJh_UFKOzGAe9vvt68zLS_5uEbfZL_51ha_zBwxBFMyAtP3BJppyhyTE8wBz0yduRDjexioYmfCT87cKiqdHu4LR7UDsug7fgKtdv7VaFw/s320/tramWork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085114593314804642" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Me presenting the research work (alone) to Russian scientist!!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4FmmFDB1XuqZoY_jydCUikuM8YErfZ0ytWlZNST9u-MfMwNh17SQ1kvh4vZrWPD3AIFTG9DVdt80H0RzB6Bxj2-WxjXzIVBx2KLrbr_wVmKuntbkG0BttbSomTZDJQPeQmJ9ztTOgpM/s1600-h/robTalk.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4FmmFDB1XuqZoY_jydCUikuM8YErfZ0ytWlZNST9u-MfMwNh17SQ1kvh4vZrWPD3AIFTG9DVdt80H0RzB6Bxj2-WxjXzIVBx2KLrbr_wVmKuntbkG0BttbSomTZDJQPeQmJ9ztTOgpM/s320/robTalk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085114296962061138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Rob's talk at the Heritage Center about Polar Trek.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97VyrKRtcEivPopQHxa9YGYnsiOIJLiWaMdFAB_91hwOJwZDh-8K8uhNebPyuWrT3E3UD-fFHCcajZ4Be0OmdZbSvqM3XI_0Enz0QOijbm-yN2BjZP_vhm4Qg53so1nde3C4Q7ZGdx-0/s1600-h/amoritaRaffle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97VyrKRtcEivPopQHxa9YGYnsiOIJLiWaMdFAB_91hwOJwZDh-8K8uhNebPyuWrT3E3UD-fFHCcajZ4Be0OmdZbSvqM3XI_0Enz0QOijbm-yN2BjZP_vhm4Qg53so1nde3C4Q7ZGdx-0/s320/amoritaRaffle.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111492348416450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Amorita won the raffle prize at Rob's Talk... UV bracelet and UV fingernail paint. Changes color in the sun.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGQ8fdpuveLB4-ToPYu9vQAXHYBmUU9cqmjM801jsPaHGYbMPjuf5CswgbP946q0csBTxfT71f0cd0z8OkZrJf1d_j91xBVVPkzDMVdwNY59YFzeRQJshOFJ4uuc8HOVXOAmxvXkbywg/s1600-h/robTalkGroup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgGQ8fdpuveLB4-ToPYu9vQAXHYBmUU9cqmjM801jsPaHGYbMPjuf5CswgbP946q0csBTxfT71f0cd0z8OkZrJf1d_j91xBVVPkzDMVdwNY59YFzeRQJshOFJ4uuc8HOVXOAmxvXkbywg/s320/robTalkGroup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085114301257028450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Group shot after Rob's Talk.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeD7FnGNrAWBAbUqDGfc7RY7RKqlY2rlWO2H1EB6HbqREFHjcWPfZAtu4XmS9_RaYT2CqsDiJehVOEImXlZgHeSrVrclEcQxVGbOgVXvgYkih9MCoAXOCxbfXeiCOpNUqcB52-xz7GRLM/s1600-h/floatProgress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeD7FnGNrAWBAbUqDGfc7RY7RKqlY2rlWO2H1EB6HbqREFHjcWPfZAtu4XmS9_RaYT2CqsDiJehVOEImXlZgHeSrVrclEcQxVGbOgVXvgYkih9MCoAXOCxbfXeiCOpNUqcB52-xz7GRLM/s320/floatProgress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112265442529890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Driving the float out for people to see at the BASC research center, still incomplete.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MEZHQcUbQRzLdjGvoKI-J1VCO5LdCTvx_-lJ8Ftci7sFwVduCcncLo6PoJwFsrQGCKEMVifqIMCVLWMZOjFGQZceiRumdSI8dIll325h3KAWFT7nqT92xY0xZwFdqXQk0FCcq35Bc_Q/s1600-h/parade.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9MEZHQcUbQRzLdjGvoKI-J1VCO5LdCTvx_-lJ8Ftci7sFwVduCcncLo6PoJwFsrQGCKEMVifqIMCVLWMZOjFGQZceiRumdSI8dIll325h3KAWFT7nqT92xY0xZwFdqXQk0FCcq35Bc_Q/s320/parade.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112613334880978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Small shot of the other cars and floats for the parade.</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJZ2Z2E1AzXkaxsmiRGyYI7dT0PR6SgIjmMi4knYWEXBzBfZdkY8_Eouvpx12_S9wMORTYfKOSMhMrx0COEfHpq1NYZuxY71lq5GzQ6IAycOvQSWqXx2-hYfFYRB-w6Kgw6aiw_eDyZs/s1600-h/paradeATV.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJZ2Z2E1AzXkaxsmiRGyYI7dT0PR6SgIjmMi4knYWEXBzBfZdkY8_Eouvpx12_S9wMORTYfKOSMhMrx0COEfHpq1NYZuxY71lq5GzQ6IAycOvQSWqXx2-hYfFYRB-w6Kgw6aiw_eDyZs/s320/paradeATV.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112617629848290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Adrian and I on ATV behind our float, waving and throwing candy.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupKSgRB2JOAVYBlB6SQtGzO9r1jSRELSi66ZjchFLAEqQQB3AtG6k2ZZRrCow064I0SfRjWtaydkCasMmXzWkO-zVYVg_SxbOI4JwnsCmY_gFFfOeen4yvpnANFq0ov81Vr61o0hyv_Q/s1600-h/paradeFloat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupKSgRB2JOAVYBlB6SQtGzO9r1jSRELSi66ZjchFLAEqQQB3AtG6k2ZZRrCow064I0SfRjWtaydkCasMmXzWkO-zVYVg_SxbOI4JwnsCmY_gFFfOeen4yvpnANFq0ov81Vr61o0hyv_Q/s320/paradeFloat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112617629848306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Float in action, throwing candy and dancing, Beach boys music playing.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2Pek6b0NKtXBVeryzcIZXQJIn9Z7X_csBG5goP9BYGZL4vpcxhogTr-zYfQdbtj46blS3bbA-kamS29yqGImFQCOIEBEbIwSunfYv2QGzaTa1sfqAFUvlB5slBSlMqIO6bQUf4W3Of4/s1600-h/floatGroup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN2Pek6b0NKtXBVeryzcIZXQJIn9Z7X_csBG5goP9BYGZL4vpcxhogTr-zYfQdbtj46blS3bbA-kamS29yqGImFQCOIEBEbIwSunfYv2QGzaTa1sfqAFUvlB5slBSlMqIO6bQUf4W3Of4/s320/floatGroup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112269737497202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Group shot on our float, after parade.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpQyYLKdOA8CVz47boGNRXtssOQJuPuBVzy8V_lq5_4muEy9azy_8t6uAGglyE0z00E95NS42MtlQgrvnMSzOWK9xciIa3jRkwbQFui-5DYR1TtGTiBaNI4eSPGZRtbPnWpMULRFWFCY/s1600-h/floatBack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpQyYLKdOA8CVz47boGNRXtssOQJuPuBVzy8V_lq5_4muEy9azy_8t6uAGglyE0z00E95NS42MtlQgrvnMSzOWK9xciIa3jRkwbQFui-5DYR1TtGTiBaNI4eSPGZRtbPnWpMULRFWFCY/s320/floatBack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111848830702146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Tail end of our float.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcFIXUeP2wJtZEp4h6dn6ilX-ZQQHquZYoj30FeX0hDUT2Getc5H2g3DtG2OrbthGb0idFgUikH4ddvry3YWJJtGOqBkMUabTBG2PQPRR0fFyX2dqJCBCKK_cXZcpCuAlZn-B8wPAVeQ/s1600-h/pepes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcFIXUeP2wJtZEp4h6dn6ilX-ZQQHquZYoj30FeX0hDUT2Getc5H2g3DtG2OrbthGb0idFgUikH4ddvry3YWJJtGOqBkMUabTBG2PQPRR0fFyX2dqJCBCKK_cXZcpCuAlZn-B8wPAVeQ/s320/pepes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085113923299906306" border="0" /></a><br />Mai eating at the kids table in Pepe's.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO9H6GAY_faioQS2UFa2nI_nCjqocSktyIdhl5xFaymMqjVEVBWK7hkhT2cqAM1PxsSIVEG-b_-mQ8acLIGCF31cT_QtdXjGUV-EcpU3t0ZXc_bbKxajGpU740xh8ysEMCMj6jE1EAjM/s1600-h/pepes2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLO9H6GAY_faioQS2UFa2nI_nCjqocSktyIdhl5xFaymMqjVEVBWK7hkhT2cqAM1PxsSIVEG-b_-mQ8acLIGCF31cT_QtdXjGUV-EcpU3t0ZXc_bbKxajGpU740xh8ysEMCMj6jE1EAjM/s320/pepes2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085113927594873618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >4th of July meal at Pepe's</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB44uC43vsnnu_09fHunUNDnp627Slir75nA8Cv3UBc_nZ7ZkLIkl90w6IB5p9I43ChWQyHsChKEXQPaEltLwxUmJaLs6E1MlYEFiABCQ9LBB45BsXU_mKCGzeerZo427BUU5-JtqhNJU/s1600-h/curryNight.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB44uC43vsnnu_09fHunUNDnp627Slir75nA8Cv3UBc_nZ7ZkLIkl90w6IB5p9I43ChWQyHsChKEXQPaEltLwxUmJaLs6E1MlYEFiABCQ9LBB45BsXU_mKCGzeerZo427BUU5-JtqhNJU/s320/curryNight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111835945800210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Dinner... Curry food made by Santonu!</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG53rJCcBoq-MSbo2E0z3i5gkwIAEM3NUSLN0t2Ul3xPXkI2aIUmojFF8We0Ie4sTfidFvrXKIeRN-NFR5fiWC1jvdtzXGgCr1LgJ69cTEeIlvX2sYOMPHz3HPpgJooSw00LONnfWUgqY/s1600-h/atvGun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG53rJCcBoq-MSbo2E0z3i5gkwIAEM3NUSLN0t2Ul3xPXkI2aIUmojFF8We0Ie4sTfidFvrXKIeRN-NFR5fiWC1jvdtzXGgCr1LgJ69cTEeIlvX2sYOMPHz3HPpgJooSw00LONnfWUgqY/s320/atvGun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111500938351074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">At the Point with ATV and Shotgun... ah the good life!</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmDPFkEoYraDH_jayf3y8S2EynlqPgGe7w9ZQ2Jc93YQ5mkYeLGVS2YYQTNG8nVG6OuJcJ7xhr87YtkKqL-5nEGXm8s3Al02vJdboubj_w5WIFjZIs9rkVCohmieELLfx3n_vd_UYHcI/s1600-h/hirokiTower.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmDPFkEoYraDH_jayf3y8S2EynlqPgGe7w9ZQ2Jc93YQ5mkYeLGVS2YYQTNG8nVG6OuJcJ7xhr87YtkKqL-5nEGXm8s3Al02vJdboubj_w5WIFjZIs9rkVCohmieELLfx3n_vd_UYHcI/s320/hirokiTower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112278327431826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Hiroki's Tower at Point Barrow.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTO3ydC_MHkVpFXDYqj5bOJTA74stNXg05CCHygZWJMhEKvWwpxkewNlX8ZT6mkAek4tDd1EqePPzQd9VHj8pls7LfM6_0Ib2C7AGY3DQomLZkD50nsRW_ZhD4BzP4S1TYXjUfLD56jMg/s1600-h/windGen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTO3ydC_MHkVpFXDYqj5bOJTA74stNXg05CCHygZWJMhEKvWwpxkewNlX8ZT6mkAek4tDd1EqePPzQd9VHj8pls7LfM6_0Ib2C7AGY3DQomLZkD50nsRW_ZhD4BzP4S1TYXjUfLD56jMg/s320/windGen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085114597609771954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Wind powered, same blades that cut hiroki's face (upper right eyebrow).<br /><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6X1WuWnz4ogbhfDB48yw3BZ9wjTNHmB0HjCm2tdCamUVwOT1M_g2DKYitMOHUtjqjnMibMkv0BdKlAtl23hcUTqY4mdSQYIv_Bg52XL5c3F7I5BExw5huhfT3OLDrlloHQuyjSkSRU78/s1600-h/sunGen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6X1WuWnz4ogbhfDB48yw3BZ9wjTNHmB0HjCm2tdCamUVwOT1M_g2DKYitMOHUtjqjnMibMkv0BdKlAtl23hcUTqY4mdSQYIv_Bg52XL5c3F7I5BExw5huhfT3OLDrlloHQuyjSkSRU78/s320/sunGen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085114305551995762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Hiroki's tower is solar powered too.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeM21tSpaoAU9MAnT0WXbEotylrUbNT6klZ3-dhBd1CCEd0hJA6x8Kdpev2XL4SUaBtBg3aE8aetVG_HUHzLEkKCagOYwDKiieVOKXbzVtot2AmMyiJuDfH1cih0gWZG2_U8lftIdAo4/s1600-h/hirokiClimb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKeM21tSpaoAU9MAnT0WXbEotylrUbNT6klZ3-dhBd1CCEd0hJA6x8Kdpev2XL4SUaBtBg3aE8aetVG_HUHzLEkKCagOYwDKiieVOKXbzVtot2AmMyiJuDfH1cih0gWZG2_U8lftIdAo4/s320/hirokiClimb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112274032464514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Hiroki up on his tower!</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1-GXUC9V32cymyqM1n4ExcR1Dlov0qtSX05VuWtDAyf2QhJrmS6EYVfPSwCsAUdIIcfiWZ9Yfejzru16ZZlyXwwb4byZT3cviCGqf1CYNVyLnr2Jdcx6f6zsJfcq1CRwjglLUb65Ltw/s1600-h/toThePoint.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1-GXUC9V32cymyqM1n4ExcR1Dlov0qtSX05VuWtDAyf2QhJrmS6EYVfPSwCsAUdIIcfiWZ9Yfejzru16ZZlyXwwb4byZT3cviCGqf1CYNVyLnr2Jdcx6f6zsJfcq1CRwjglLUb65Ltw/s320/toThePoint.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085114597609771970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Point Barrow land strip narrowing.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1QuPKXmZAOAm7Uxk4gNyOA8eyQVfw-r2Fj70tqwkcgeAYSd-3tbG2UUzbN2mMiG3GLRY3NkWywG1PnpE9lCVpcNOQ5-kCloUURife8N-jhrEedxNPRWLbCU6tfkXU0GVpBtMMh6us1I/s1600-h/pointBarrow2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1QuPKXmZAOAm7Uxk4gNyOA8eyQVfw-r2Fj70tqwkcgeAYSd-3tbG2UUzbN2mMiG3GLRY3NkWywG1PnpE9lCVpcNOQ5-kCloUURife8N-jhrEedxNPRWLbCU6tfkXU0GVpBtMMh6us1I/s320/pointBarrow2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085113936184808258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >View of the ice breakup at the point.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F4LGeb5U8Fmcu28aONrZ5tWaHiS3NOWG_zeWtJCDMHPbfGa6BfG-TkJQvKiQt2LqnPpUjKNfUh8Uq0wGkenwj93xmLYkH6xnDw90Y5rbTgi4wltIqPKU9hudL9Q3n2SHuL3rWa71JRo/s1600-h/pointBarrow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-F4LGeb5U8Fmcu28aONrZ5tWaHiS3NOWG_zeWtJCDMHPbfGa6BfG-TkJQvKiQt2LqnPpUjKNfUh8Uq0wGkenwj93xmLYkH6xnDw90Y5rbTgi4wltIqPKU9hudL9Q3n2SHuL3rWa71JRo/s320/pointBarrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085113931889840946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Me at the Point Barrow... end of the line... top most land for the U.S.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnolwFzogOCLsAzJkWhdzUPFBpmpGQKwdvDKb0d4wtSvY3JbfKaLcR5GC5k_j6rjBr2Pr5GuetGPFt6noSbN7wvNdO1ot8QhasqwrROB7IDGGCbvc4Qxj-4SV0H_BvJaklWKp5fkH0z8/s1600-h/bbq.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTnolwFzogOCLsAzJkWhdzUPFBpmpGQKwdvDKb0d4wtSvY3JbfKaLcR5GC5k_j6rjBr2Pr5GuetGPFt6noSbN7wvNdO1ot8QhasqwrROB7IDGGCbvc4Qxj-4SV0H_BvJaklWKp5fkH0z8/s320/bbq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111505233318386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >BBQ at BASC !</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj573qs-W9j_MTQkHNl_Itjb-o-1PhpMZUp8mRmXJEWt75wSlFSraaPec_6hWOd7p6HnjGYjPFlhHwS7ZSS73nudNWgntBenjV2mF-qdVK1_wEUDHFCpF2k5ALNWHHDmeQhJJ8960HgWEg/s1600-h/amoritaShore.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj573qs-W9j_MTQkHNl_Itjb-o-1PhpMZUp8mRmXJEWt75wSlFSraaPec_6hWOd7p6HnjGYjPFlhHwS7ZSS73nudNWgntBenjV2mF-qdVK1_wEUDHFCpF2k5ALNWHHDmeQhJJ8960HgWEg/s320/amoritaShore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111496643383762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Amorita looking out to the sea.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOgpuRKJ8PIXJDYiSaQrPSgb4Yu6RTyZjDQxCj_UKCFvpKH3kbnBKQJeXxLDMf85LMY7WOtUXwtha_Wm9uzsNqeXgsV7PmNYlNBby0NxCw39Li1Mo7R9wxpbxy2qn-b5FK19xQgAsRK4/s1600-h/jellyFish.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOgpuRKJ8PIXJDYiSaQrPSgb4Yu6RTyZjDQxCj_UKCFvpKH3kbnBKQJeXxLDMf85LMY7WOtUXwtha_Wm9uzsNqeXgsV7PmNYlNBby0NxCw39Li1Mo7R9wxpbxy2qn-b5FK19xQgAsRK4/s320/jellyFish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112282622399138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Jellyfish washed up along the shoreline.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3lt6gFK-l8YsdUi8Wi9C0BCOpDWo8Yg4PV51_TXYMwtOZZwEy7ftHEKhH5WGS-kyvbimbo1tsx44BlhyfJe1jwdoQag4caBr7SjdNpOGAXqf-BI1frckPr4iyaQ6ZW04GqnBG7RzSiw/s1600-h/bonfire.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3lt6gFK-l8YsdUi8Wi9C0BCOpDWo8Yg4PV51_TXYMwtOZZwEy7ftHEKhH5WGS-kyvbimbo1tsx44BlhyfJe1jwdoQag4caBr7SjdNpOGAXqf-BI1frckPr4iyaQ6ZW04GqnBG7RzSiw/s320/bonfire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111509528285698" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Bonfire off the shore @ 12:00 midnight.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXuz3w_P3xJ11lqL1-a-INNISawmyXNettYZFXo4QmWUMZghKMo-71XhcPpPZcjLcT7Vm08EX6E_-8ooYh_O-3gmtEoJmsPzXSqVM2Cre-BsR9iYj_XRuNiuFxr64lxme3Wo5hXuJOFw/s1600-h/northernlights.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXuz3w_P3xJ11lqL1-a-INNISawmyXNettYZFXo4QmWUMZghKMo-71XhcPpPZcjLcT7Vm08EX6E_-8ooYh_O-3gmtEoJmsPzXSqVM2Cre-BsR9iYj_XRuNiuFxr64lxme3Wo5hXuJOFw/s320/northernlights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112609039913666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >New (for us) restaurant "Northern Lights"... good food, nice change!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A1bZJaXoIYk2lPACbVPY0vIzSt3eQerOE2-0B-VzP8kCdNMmhhM6Fhe9fsmcGbxekvSyaRQqnMMlh_pkZKpKNWcXrmE8UQI6Ic9TAT71EBG-sBnAHxhniCftV5pUoZos8cFO0bSkKhk/s1600-h/esiDance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7A1bZJaXoIYk2lPACbVPY0vIzSt3eQerOE2-0B-VzP8kCdNMmhhM6Fhe9fsmcGbxekvSyaRQqnMMlh_pkZKpKNWcXrmE8UQI6Ic9TAT71EBG-sBnAHxhniCftV5pUoZos8cFO0bSkKhk/s320/esiDance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111840240767522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Whaling crew dancing. </span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBF-yzw5ZcsgPS903sd3NYK1sRmTD0olIb7YH_j7kfa5-OeO4fi68kuB-V8Ci-fJELyWdENe9fzEnHGgGQ9c7YAsPRs7ZwjetbHvJMUtrp37D3iJK2MSv8OPzzCbXBm5sgoBVlJa1ykU/s1600-h/perryDance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBF-yzw5ZcsgPS903sd3NYK1sRmTD0olIb7YH_j7kfa5-OeO4fi68kuB-V8Ci-fJELyWdENe9fzEnHGgGQ9c7YAsPRs7ZwjetbHvJMUtrp37D3iJK2MSv8OPzzCbXBm5sgoBVlJa1ykU/s320/perryDance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085113931889840930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Amorita and I dancing.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOZEsiEYtBiPKTd490Skmiiri_ZmxoqBND5XrRCAV_XHd1vA7qyFXatEiMpctuLITS6KjPxXQz22ixlk7TLIrTYkCU-extXN4hHYJtOHIb8swikrcKwuCGHbqzHhjvbmbEukFrrNYMlQ/s1600-h/kidsDance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOZEsiEYtBiPKTd490Skmiiri_ZmxoqBND5XrRCAV_XHd1vA7qyFXatEiMpctuLITS6KjPxXQz22ixlk7TLIrTYkCU-extXN4hHYJtOHIb8swikrcKwuCGHbqzHhjvbmbEukFrrNYMlQ/s320/kidsDance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085112609039913650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Kids dancing.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkqZAb4mMEyQfL6xl3Tzpxab3mnnsewzObu2gHRDLGlbVOth6bqKFizgln522uLCUt7cDOX5B1aoJ6zrnflQv03SkUyArQ_7Y58I7pghyvSWzUr6G2WPXTN6202PrWK9lj4_9Srl2SWA/s1600-h/esikmoJoe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUkqZAb4mMEyQfL6xl3Tzpxab3mnnsewzObu2gHRDLGlbVOth6bqKFizgln522uLCUt7cDOX5B1aoJ6zrnflQv03SkUyArQ_7Y58I7pghyvSWzUr6G2WPXTN6202PrWK9lj4_9Srl2SWA/s320/esikmoJoe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085111844535734834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >"Eskimo Joe" and I talking about past days. </span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sZgUkmFx6KLF0CfIxNNS1JKBgqXgMCVmiawAR26IL1-zpbGUWwySKYwZHa6-QoJ8KiDhhvgd3VaBw8CW0EthtZNOKID0BqadgT0aQSBy8RXBNX5-10tohZMl0RKQuzoGlhEjM7WcClU/s1600-h/sunset.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9sZgUkmFx6KLF0CfIxNNS1JKBgqXgMCVmiawAR26IL1-zpbGUWwySKYwZHa6-QoJ8KiDhhvgd3VaBw8CW0EthtZNOKID0BqadgT0aQSBy8RXBNX5-10tohZMl0RKQuzoGlhEjM7WcClU/s320/sunset.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085114305551995778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Closes thing to a sunset!</span></span><br /></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-74530582179476690742007-07-01T11:06:00.000-07:002007-07-03T22:09:36.526-07:00Blanket Toss, Dance & Arctic Dip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje80XVdYeH2SE3fzbzzcPN17UuSndYehYqqke0Hw5PHj9G-bzqvZuBrBOYNtJ1vQYaL2e-RhZKzS1VW-8AFArWP58LuGYPfoJrWAzeQSpotRw831A51jpMBsWll3zLIoZNwrDSJ58SeP8/s1600-h/perrybeach.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje80XVdYeH2SE3fzbzzcPN17UuSndYehYqqke0Hw5PHj9G-bzqvZuBrBOYNtJ1vQYaL2e-RhZKzS1VW-8AFArWP58LuGYPfoJrWAzeQSpotRw831A51jpMBsWll3zLIoZNwrDSJ58SeP8/s320/perrybeach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292907830428658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">The Great <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Arctic Dip</span>! </span>We gathered up about 15 researchers to go jump into the arctic ocean and off we went. Some excited and some worried, at full speed toward the waters we went in and within a few minutes (seconds for others) we ran out! COLD! I used a marker and some help from Amorita to draw my fox on my back and side arm, along with UTEP across my chest and Polar Bear Club wonderfully placed across the only moon we saw in barrow! Ok... I wasn't the only naked person. It was a great release of pressure from all the serious work being done.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;"> </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvDiMkng0mOxptSrvKCl6qQfOP4fEOAlvBl6EiuDbQ7d5GIfL5B_7LHYrnYi-pWVBL8XEZmV-YOIyrdIuxIxc39fEKj7q44GzYhuUu7pwXvcCtMv1pj_ST_WXVdp5k-iv3jIDfyn4Y3c/s1600-h/preBeach.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvDiMkng0mOxptSrvKCl6qQfOP4fEOAlvBl6EiuDbQ7d5GIfL5B_7LHYrnYi-pWVBL8XEZmV-YOIyrdIuxIxc39fEKj7q44GzYhuUu7pwXvcCtMv1pj_ST_WXVdp5k-iv3jIDfyn4Y3c/s320/preBeach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082293582140294178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Getting psyched to go jump into the Polar Bear Club!</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5SiFcCuNsMfMDRj7tFfccLDpN4xf9BnKIyuJCp2AsN0wp9Y45fvTVBzdq4b68lPnbrD8OxU_TCmX5ritmpmFYXOyybJRPlWNiLKWsHwaNbdsot4HX8zK-ek6QjJcN1ueBqRXHnRvmN8/s1600-h/sandraRobAmorita.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm5SiFcCuNsMfMDRj7tFfccLDpN4xf9BnKIyuJCp2AsN0wp9Y45fvTVBzdq4b68lPnbrD8OxU_TCmX5ritmpmFYXOyybJRPlWNiLKWsHwaNbdsot4HX8zK-ek6QjJcN1ueBqRXHnRvmN8/s320/sandraRobAmorita.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082305839976956994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpJw4VPLen-gSfnDMoQEaU029nEryeb9GO-SMYMe1P7gND28_dhX0IMy7HXGkTMxjLqiJI1lcVJwagLzxs5PKIz9rVi2zsG61YUUO4OibRpP8ofMehFfIVA0EE6yTqzpDvrXz6etL_co/s1600-h/robBeach.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpJw4VPLen-gSfnDMoQEaU029nEryeb9GO-SMYMe1P7gND28_dhX0IMy7HXGkTMxjLqiJI1lcVJwagLzxs5PKIz9rVi2zsG61YUUO4OibRpP8ofMehFfIVA0EE6yTqzpDvrXz6etL_co/s320/robBeach.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082305620933624882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Global Warming.</span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic3HadeIzzvtncqGAD8pVSzLqO6Ran1VmOZDlWT9j2F-rIQhIBfI6K23I3XT_o30O4rgFpYquf1PmpyZYOKpPZC3iNHHEYf4FpogH9uQ53mrSWgcin14U2eaiFlIZeJgKaHHr62vmgs0/s1600-h/plane.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic3HadeIzzvtncqGAD8pVSzLqO6Ran1VmOZDlWT9j2F-rIQhIBfI6K23I3XT_o30O4rgFpYquf1PmpyZYOKpPZC3iNHHEYf4FpogH9uQ53mrSWgcin14U2eaiFlIZeJgKaHHr62vmgs0/s320/plane.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082293023794545666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">San Diego State University doing a fly-by over the research area, using many different instruments.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigupDKKuqKaQl3dBrgbcsRw_S3n_Bbg5VOAC1ukA4GRzaNUlkxloVSjRNi9x1WLin-NwHf9_uzOoDgbtO-u9H9rwcXhfxiRq_h4PTKismYs-9gO0qPjW80Rr2m642iHSXLrEl3fi2sbt8/s1600-h/P1020768.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigupDKKuqKaQl3dBrgbcsRw_S3n_Bbg5VOAC1ukA4GRzaNUlkxloVSjRNi9x1WLin-NwHf9_uzOoDgbtO-u9H9rwcXhfxiRq_h4PTKismYs-9gO0qPjW80Rr2m642iHSXLrEl3fi2sbt8/s320/P1020768.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292796161278946" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Working in the field and in the lab with local students.<br /><br /></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKPRp6noZbnNCou5P9xMQAnmIcowkWN8BEXeNEr5oTYot1HyvCrtpraRIl6FmClVRMxZ_cCPerAsP7BExW0IVEm0emZzpuWPvqqpH48wioaLYeaG5N9j0tqzaotnSosKHQ6S1tiNc6gg/s1600-h/osaka.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRKPRp6noZbnNCou5P9xMQAnmIcowkWN8BEXeNEr5oTYot1HyvCrtpraRIl6FmClVRMxZ_cCPerAsP7BExW0IVEm0emZzpuWPvqqpH48wioaLYeaG5N9j0tqzaotnSosKHQ6S1tiNc6gg/s320/osaka.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292688787096530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Back to Osaka! 食べ切れない - more than one can eat - very good!<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzFicJa2wPc8CZhjmuAuYu-kt0yHS3ftA9wm46vGV9ruqew-9jNE8QLZtU5bj9HM7G3_wQWfz37aE-CAWw6ZfkuoDjyZi4ntUcaEpn2tBO1RSeouYBrisjJC67blEt15KxiS6LkGhSAw/s1600-h/BowersCafe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWzFicJa2wPc8CZhjmuAuYu-kt0yHS3ftA9wm46vGV9ruqew-9jNE8QLZtU5bj9HM7G3_wQWfz37aE-CAWw6ZfkuoDjyZi4ntUcaEpn2tBO1RSeouYBrisjJC67blEt15KxiS6LkGhSAw/s320/BowersCafe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292216340693906" border="0" /></a><br /></div>We also ate at the Bowers Cafe, which is a 200+ year old building for the First International Polar Expedition Headquarters. It has some interesting antique weapons (guns, spears) on the wall along with the above plaque and murals (polar bear image below). The view from the seats is great, the ocean and coast line.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nnhHUu8hlt9n_DsMENBGnabdY_O4aOZLYRIgW6QkIXPwLM7XkmBwPTM10qePKEaHYfnLD20QBeCQvnuQ9-mhCsy5NqVIK1w54FDDWIFb4xuaS_Ijpw2ETgHiXUMphRwwvZaqbcls9OQ/s1600-h/PolarBear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-nnhHUu8hlt9n_DsMENBGnabdY_O4aOZLYRIgW6QkIXPwLM7XkmBwPTM10qePKEaHYfnLD20QBeCQvnuQ9-mhCsy5NqVIK1w54FDDWIFb4xuaS_Ijpw2ETgHiXUMphRwwvZaqbcls9OQ/s320/PolarBear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082293109693891602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Bowers Cafe mural with super cheesy pose of Amorita yelling in fear.</span></span><br /></div><br />Speaking of wild animals, picture below is the elusive and feared... lemming. Ha. I was able to get this picture after many failed attempts due to the quickness of this guys to run into the ground borrows. Up to this point all I had was a picture of a dead lemming, which I was not about to post... live is much better.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3o53AQ4sukMmGxt7X7CawgrjNVTIea7ECSZhJURciLepf-HzNCnLiMZ07zpowUDEnhGPkrCF84eoc5Fd1051tr9XPqyDMbXw8h24oMiKsmarH7vmUtn1vQL86XTlziGzBG04HGvlkjuI/s1600-h/lemming.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3o53AQ4sukMmGxt7X7CawgrjNVTIea7ECSZhJURciLepf-HzNCnLiMZ07zpowUDEnhGPkrCF84eoc5Fd1051tr9XPqyDMbXw8h24oMiKsmarH7vmUtn1vQL86XTlziGzBG04HGvlkjuI/s320/lemming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292564233044930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Worried little lemming (center - click to enlarge), finally caught one on film.</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJKa15KP7zpbm_1hlGxVFqPQTCIfdvrVf_KkYdbBN1-DD4NsudPQ7WVcqSFYiqr-Bj0rOqs1EHMxYsWY-ApPDYX7QJSWw75Ye4u9ZPM4gjIC8oQtXiymYhrtJUhFbiotmF6GQ3VKC4BQ/s1600-h/hiroke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOJKa15KP7zpbm_1hlGxVFqPQTCIfdvrVf_KkYdbBN1-DD4NsudPQ7WVcqSFYiqr-Bj0rOqs1EHMxYsWY-ApPDYX7QJSWw75Ye4u9ZPM4gjIC8oQtXiymYhrtJUhFbiotmF6GQ3VKC4BQ/s320/hiroke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292448268927922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Hiroki and I playing around at the blanket toss. </span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlJxKD3OYxXDmblEr-ySFDW_s0X7olbh4PCyrxIeTWbJxGqfBf5a9RqR8jQFiFDT4o6pYTgC8Pc04huxs0LWxQBAUB6TNz78UjfIPmyohTwKkBfN1tw1mpZh7udO0Xt-fU-jR75hA4sE/s1600-h/dance.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmlJxKD3OYxXDmblEr-ySFDW_s0X7olbh4PCyrxIeTWbJxGqfBf5a9RqR8jQFiFDT4o6pYTgC8Pc04huxs0LWxQBAUB6TNz78UjfIPmyohTwKkBfN1tw1mpZh7udO0Xt-fU-jR75hA4sE/s320/dance.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292340894745506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Co-Captain Luis Bower dancing, which will send shivers down your spine.</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05LCm4naGHSFjqQXBvqBRAlGHHyG9_kCQa1rjAwrInxbV7udd0ptVpG_fKnb2KyOOmSry9kIGBGBPwOUsCZJ8qaUUAOEMwP5PGHOfSJ-2wNiUUcMje87G-BBBeVHeBFgQS0hT9O5aKIk/s1600-h/blanket2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05LCm4naGHSFjqQXBvqBRAlGHHyG9_kCQa1rjAwrInxbV7udd0ptVpG_fKnb2KyOOmSry9kIGBGBPwOUsCZJ8qaUUAOEMwP5PGHOfSJ-2wNiUUcMje87G-BBBeVHeBFgQS0hT9O5aKIk/s320/blanket2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082292070311805826" border="0" /></a>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-40820569083189408842007-06-25T00:53:00.000-07:002007-07-09T20:43:15.646-07:00New research site<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_as7HsP388aqv7DOL7z8vGtPmTYpCAil88kbDk27SMDiQ9BVKVDgBlBG0WdFZSl7Sn7mA7vJEnC0C8XfTSV5TfyxzVlShscvYCmkqrzfZDX568Ul9cd0br9DGQGnX5ryYvleJGKEdLsE/s1600-h/itex1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_as7HsP388aqv7DOL7z8vGtPmTYpCAil88kbDk27SMDiQ9BVKVDgBlBG0WdFZSl7Sn7mA7vJEnC0C8XfTSV5TfyxzVlShscvYCmkqrzfZDX568Ul9cd0br9DGQGnX5ryYvleJGKEdLsE/s320/itex1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079931119817394546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">ITEX site near the coast, sunny for one second and then foggy for the rest.</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;"><br />ITEX, International Tundra Experiment</span> is another project that I am working with, which is in a new (for me) area of barrow that is closer to the shore line.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfY3EnEJ2gn9Ga8hEOdBIqotsGxUZL489dsy_uiFD7fLSB_er8tzOZG61zQvb1UY36P2sdpdn2NtRNX7ZVaDI4bMbm9Vv4ZkP7b3988WILM0LhwklNNSiacBGIt3dYpaGzHrKHXZGczE/s1600-h/flowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfY3EnEJ2gn9Ga8hEOdBIqotsGxUZL489dsy_uiFD7fLSB_er8tzOZG61zQvb1UY36P2sdpdn2NtRNX7ZVaDI4bMbm9Vv4ZkP7b3988WILM0LhwklNNSiacBGIt3dYpaGzHrKHXZGczE/s320/flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079931755472554418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Flowering.</span></span></div><br />It is a pretty neat area, flat and lots of tundra with 100+ plots of land about 2 ft wide that are being studied, some control and some experimental. The experimental areas are plots that are allowed to be "heated" up and measurements are being taken to see the what may happen to the rest of the land during climate change.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwq7rpnucpXOsl9hDRw1L-kdCTMn85GKUf0AwslzwJRnE3Yv_QkP0R-HWrjhTReqPINillLuaIGh70etH1s5haBJOwbIw1Yk_M-LUiA9lNNf342IEeWeHqHVZK90McjdOHyoPQf8avlzw/s1600-h/itex.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwq7rpnucpXOsl9hDRw1L-kdCTMn85GKUf0AwslzwJRnE3Yv_QkP0R-HWrjhTReqPINillLuaIGh70etH1s5haBJOwbIw1Yk_M-LUiA9lNNf342IEeWeHqHVZK90McjdOHyoPQf8avlzw/s320/itex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079931240076478850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYBh3t4BgMH5j55f7ADxB-5kNLZ0sv6FOwD6qesECYEdrDzlh0IbaBcux8X-gpISTotJxT_nutZkqK8ynyg9Nnlz0Oa1CYNSY382vIJVhHd6j3Sj0bPhRSkU1tshwGLsRKL8dOa2l8h8/s1600-h/experimental.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYBh3t4BgMH5j55f7ADxB-5kNLZ0sv6FOwD6qesECYEdrDzlh0IbaBcux8X-gpISTotJxT_nutZkqK8ynyg9Nnlz0Oa1CYNSY382vIJVhHd6j3Sj0bPhRSkU1tshwGLsRKL8dOa2l8h8/s320/experimental.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079931575083927970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74IN4-j6dIzlwUHJDAzyYlIWuOgV4pWi5fyCnM3soqU6OagCLFgNP6Lcuis4nfQg9wdfSJWSQsdQp1CbulOG9Zakka0qplpXVAoMYHFTZrI8wvhNwU55GyFfsdEvjkejZIfhzvR53fXQ/s1600-h/control.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi74IN4-j6dIzlwUHJDAzyYlIWuOgV4pWi5fyCnM3soqU6OagCLFgNP6Lcuis4nfQg9wdfSJWSQsdQp1CbulOG9Zakka0qplpXVAoMYHFTZrI8wvhNwU55GyFfsdEvjkejZIfhzvR53fXQ/s320/control.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079931446234909074" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">First Image: Foggy conditions, the crappy board walk.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Second: OTC - Open Top Chambers for the experimental</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Third: The control plots.<br /><br /></span></span></div>This area is further removed from people than the tram lines that I have been working on, which have nice boardwalks in place and a heated control shed. At the ITEX site there are only small parts that have boardwalks that are smaller and not so friendly. During my first time out, early into the day, my left foot slipped in between the two tracks of the boardwalk and became stuck in the middle as the rest of my body weight fell on to it. Needless to say , this hurt and I had to still complete the measurements for the next 4 hours. By the end of the day I was having trouble walking and could not bend my left leg backwards at all, and I had to really slow down and be extra careful as I twisted it once more after the first fall.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdeb-xiNdwE60sh4etR6H9kgcPLC48hjK0YjpJiufE2WhU0vBkySddFMRJbKhGUvWqXy2YQQH5IohwaTJ9BxQEonoyczDbhRsRad7uzwP6HFTOe0qaoAdlQo4pLQMIAazMdQ-tMakZXg/s1600-h/Hospital.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdeb-xiNdwE60sh4etR6H9kgcPLC48hjK0YjpJiufE2WhU0vBkySddFMRJbKhGUvWqXy2YQQH5IohwaTJ9BxQEonoyczDbhRsRad7uzwP6HFTOe0qaoAdlQo4pLQMIAazMdQ-tMakZXg/s320/Hospital.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079932000285690322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Local Hospital.<br /><br /></span></span></div>Upon returning I noticed that the back of my knee was bruised and my leg was a bit swollen, so I iced it and took some pain medicine which helped out a lot. However sleeping that night was not good due to the shocking pain I felt when I mistakenly moved it. Luckily, everyone let me sleep in (10:00 am) when I woke up and I radioed from my bed to Santonu to see if he had left to the field or not and if he found help, I was happy to hear that he had help and that I could rest for the morning and work on data in the lab. I slept the whole day and did nothing, which felt great, however the day was horrible because I woke up with a terrible headache (light and sound would shoot pain into me), a stiff leg, pain in my left foot and waist. The headache did not go away for at least 6 hours and the pain in my foot and waist is still very much there. I have been getting better with each day, but I am still feeling worse toward mid-day and evening.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmndcETl7GL3oCofnlsqNJfrfxMku0hSCP6e6tSYSVmehsDOwlcZmZn7HexESbIV9f1R1YAh1gjBo_S9GRRyE2nc8xV7s6yp4qbyBXonlc_Ay09eWsbtklQWxZb7kvfANOIhlJSkDh2Bg/s1600-h/kneeBrace.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmndcETl7GL3oCofnlsqNJfrfxMku0hSCP6e6tSYSVmehsDOwlcZmZn7HexESbIV9f1R1YAh1gjBo_S9GRRyE2nc8xV7s6yp4qbyBXonlc_Ay09eWsbtklQWxZb7kvfANOIhlJSkDh2Bg/s320/kneeBrace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079932245098826226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Happier with my own knee brace.</span></span><br /><br /></div>I can only walk so much and I cannot bend my knee fully yet. I could not find a knee brace at the town store and so I went to the hospital and there I had a nurse check my leg who told me that I had pulled a tendon and gave me a free brace. She told me to return in a week should I still feel bad. I will certainly do so, I am worried about the next time I scheduled to go to the field. I am happy to hear that we will be getting a local high school student to help us but I will be going back to the ITEX site to repeat the same measurements. I am not looking forward to this at all. Last week I went to the field everyday and I believe that the same setup is happening this week too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnEmY8njHCohZ0FmhmtpK7bIQyacVnJDfQrEe5SibVcKTAsNZAXSRTes7xP8czvb5NLSbUEJU3PT5HnWcCRcLbmxziQdAyq2suVXYj9hpC8eTgWMV6wjphfnaSu-2t9Nm62HCAPlxzs4/s1600-h/kingEiderInn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTnEmY8njHCohZ0FmhmtpK7bIQyacVnJDfQrEe5SibVcKTAsNZAXSRTes7xP8czvb5NLSbUEJU3PT5HnWcCRcLbmxziQdAyq2suVXYj9hpC8eTgWMV6wjphfnaSu-2t9Nm62HCAPlxzs4/s320/kingEiderInn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079932103364905442" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The King Eider Inn.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div>I was able to go and check out some other places around town on the day that we went to the hospital, such as the King Eider Inn. It is a very nice, clean and small hotel near the airport. They require you to take off your shoes before entering and they have a few rooms and one large beautiful "Presidential Suite" $$$. I wanted to stay there so bad! It has a four person hot tub (I have not see a tub of any sort for a month!) and a sauna. The people there were very friendly and showed Amorita and I the rooms even though they knew that we were not staying there.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPDOMUU6AqOesUdo5coIs8v6U1r8fra82uqb_FwrvVYvHJ1AC7HcP19EiIznF04DSDGA6yweYqw6kXY6QPUFpqgobR1V8vPUbU5_VGFfqOzHYzJJK8HxQyXvE7byriepK1dLndW2e3J0/s1600-h/stuaqpak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpPDOMUU6AqOesUdo5coIs8v6U1r8fra82uqb_FwrvVYvHJ1AC7HcP19EiIznF04DSDGA6yweYqw6kXY6QPUFpqgobR1V8vPUbU5_VGFfqOzHYzJJK8HxQyXvE7byriepK1dLndW2e3J0/s320/stuaqpak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079932584401242658" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Santonu, Amorita and I in front of "Stuaqpak", which means big store.<br /><br /></span></span></div>After this we went to Stuapqak and bought some food supplies in where a few items will ring up a big bill!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuMDC_UApxKVbAKK71Kz42kObjPWVFymhkMELqOfXAWXRLNcBsXFTC0sNC-1tBrfwExFks_cFFXpjbxxD0XeTQKBlfem_a7iHxCl0ABygDTgx5eF9bUF5fJ1kbjxKToZCg_XQqPK537w/s1600-h/GunsToys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuMDC_UApxKVbAKK71Kz42kObjPWVFymhkMELqOfXAWXRLNcBsXFTC0sNC-1tBrfwExFks_cFFXpjbxxD0XeTQKBlfem_a7iHxCl0ABygDTgx5eF9bUF5fJ1kbjxKToZCg_XQqPK537w/s320/GunsToys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079931892911507906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Santonu in front of the Gun section which is next to the kid toys!<br /><br /></span></span></div> I have been eating a the northern most Mexican restaurant in the world called Pepe's! The place is famous and so is the owner who was on the Johnny Carson Show.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2ZV54q9PRImAOnpQLX8LL61NEYP7GP7JiMSiuAdKQiKFGRo7Wm4yj4EOg0mHUxO0r6Zd5iCZRuLC1lG8uKx5foiWyKbJKbY18gEWS2SDcsZ2_BPcfc24h5qtjcnuyYaH3AwiiPLZ-zA/s1600-h/Pepes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2ZV54q9PRImAOnpQLX8LL61NEYP7GP7JiMSiuAdKQiKFGRo7Wm4yj4EOg0mHUxO0r6Zd5iCZRuLC1lG8uKx5foiWyKbJKbY18gEWS2SDcsZ2_BPcfc24h5qtjcnuyYaH3AwiiPLZ-zA/s320/Pepes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079932459847191058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Pepe's Mexican food.</span><br /></div><br />Later that night we watched a movie "Kill Bill vol. 1" as we watch a movie every Saturday night on the projector in the Conference room.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKUUSagjnM-0xDUXOQwDwObFBtGvYeaHqveidnYL3gl0dTa3b_tbmmAiMnt3dtRgYFpYW9D0NCtfvjlvrGqMcWJGn6YAx6yOJZsM9oJJ5YP4_XLRVGpjWN9QCVywBBL2ywYX8h_gS9Fs/s1600-h/movie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKUUSagjnM-0xDUXOQwDwObFBtGvYeaHqveidnYL3gl0dTa3b_tbmmAiMnt3dtRgYFpYW9D0NCtfvjlvrGqMcWJGn6YAx6yOJZsM9oJJ5YP4_XLRVGpjWN9QCVywBBL2ywYX8h_gS9Fs/s320/movie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079932361062943234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Movie night replaces climbing day.<br /><br /></span></span></div>I am bummed out that I will once again miss out on the climbing wall, I am getting weak and I miss my little fox dog. Other than that things are still going well! - Good Night.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyzsPcqr-eC8mCY0arwHS-LaT5SILY1bfX9LU1ay-vqDwmQQs2ut9b35qU4Rovf8bnssW6rKxmbGym9SD-wf5oCZta3EJIOpABSg34bmK0EZZRpesrxVnVANefchQckaipEpn9pzYQTI/s1600-h/100_4737.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyzsPcqr-eC8mCY0arwHS-LaT5SILY1bfX9LU1ay-vqDwmQQs2ut9b35qU4Rovf8bnssW6rKxmbGym9SD-wf5oCZta3EJIOpABSg34bmK0EZZRpesrxVnVANefchQckaipEpn9pzYQTI/s320/100_4737.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079932717545228850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Foxy kissing Matt. wait... Matt kissing Foxy! - Photo by KARLA<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rgmmvXfV3CJi52R5noNvpaP_Mq0k4msP2fa8u9tNzD89CevWR0VzK-Qea0jRKkg0sSaSHbCoCuu1Ut3ZJBoPT_9jpXD4IWDqD7vK5OU4QFBwiAxbZPdRE0xUEPgNdwAetfEBsKNuSb8/s1600-h/foxyfox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8rgmmvXfV3CJi52R5noNvpaP_Mq0k4msP2fa8u9tNzD89CevWR0VzK-Qea0jRKkg0sSaSHbCoCuu1Ut3ZJBoPT_9jpXD4IWDqD7vK5OU4QFBwiAxbZPdRE0xUEPgNdwAetfEBsKNuSb8/s320/foxyfox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080426999561521730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Foxy and her fox pups. - Photo by Photoshop</span><br /></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-68820958262277053542007-06-18T22:53:00.000-07:002007-06-27T22:15:55.887-07:00Blanket Toss and rain<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJA7QIksQ8gkvj2rzo72Ro_4XAHX7wm5tay6SDPx17wglKDohPa2Ya2_Gt8-NnBTCiMopWoZbM00nldkP6rpuGvCaWsBceWvTLMcppqMqyOWoL73uD618f3Ipo4YvWmubX5vYTdaGZFo/s1600-h/tundraGrounds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsJA7QIksQ8gkvj2rzo72Ro_4XAHX7wm5tay6SDPx17wglKDohPa2Ya2_Gt8-NnBTCiMopWoZbM00nldkP6rpuGvCaWsBceWvTLMcppqMqyOWoL73uD618f3Ipo4YvWmubX5vYTdaGZFo/s320/tundraGrounds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077656724180764962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >Snow to flooded fields, relives only more surprises.</span></span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">More field work</span> and visiting birds are everywhere! Some very curious which I had not seen since my trip to the Galapagos.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiv0SMc_GkyVdUhGbpNZOD8M-42RfB52Fr1VWQw5o396zW7jl53e1opk81XHI5laLLXLT10MQS4XejlayxwNNLL0OYrnw3mcUQsdZKNOh2XO2AjKIdFXzq7Fbma4blTmoOfXDXz5FqjU/s1600-h/tramBirds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiv0SMc_GkyVdUhGbpNZOD8M-42RfB52Fr1VWQw5o396zW7jl53e1opk81XHI5laLLXLT10MQS4XejlayxwNNLL0OYrnw3mcUQsdZKNOh2XO2AjKIdFXzq7Fbma4blTmoOfXDXz5FqjU/s320/tramBirds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077657243871807794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Ducks resting just a couple feet from me and the tram line work.</span></span><br /></div><br />The snow is almost completely gone and the field is now flooding and the land is exposing the ball like moss and polygon shaped areas about 10 - 12 feet wide.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeE4d6tDW2Nd3iPrkJtYjxgJg-ZzIKvRJ0ujoTrYa2MV96Z6bd8xoBRbOPpmfdF-bGobX4sUr8UKwi9QK9DNQY920AAP7UrhebM3F0DgEBsXiVtRwDziwYfRnhuyId_L_QfAojLpMxKU/s1600-h/tundraPolygons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeE4d6tDW2Nd3iPrkJtYjxgJg-ZzIKvRJ0ujoTrYa2MV96Z6bd8xoBRbOPpmfdF-bGobX4sUr8UKwi9QK9DNQY920AAP7UrhebM3F0DgEBsXiVtRwDziwYfRnhuyId_L_QfAojLpMxKU/s320/tundraPolygons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077657664778602818" border="0" /></a><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Depressions in the ground from hexagons like patterns everywhere.</span></span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjd-piGKyC2WFaTvxoc3mfaBJbayAtAon8kv5R551y2PplmQMN1ZU_NY-uKpb4jpgoDsGTe7rCO8FkefDcjp3fQXQIw_bep8Omw-NFyYPLvYjFQ-GiPE3YSGxvwRSg_6PDP0U80qT5HJM/s1600-h/sledPulling.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjd-piGKyC2WFaTvxoc3mfaBJbayAtAon8kv5R551y2PplmQMN1ZU_NY-uKpb4jpgoDsGTe7rCO8FkefDcjp3fQXQIw_bep8Omw-NFyYPLvYjFQ-GiPE3YSGxvwRSg_6PDP0U80qT5HJM/s320/sledPulling.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077653563084835026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;" >A local BASC member pulling materials on snow sleds via a bike!</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div>Today... out to the field once more and I learn that what takes 4 hours will take 7 hours. I also learned that a sunny day can change in minutes as my hands turned red to purplish and I was forced to retreat to the control shack and layer up my clothes. Rain off the horizon with winds shifting made the temperature drop fast! From 38 to 28 degrees in minutes. This is the first time it has rained since I have been here and it added a somewhat gloomy setting to the field, even though the rain was more of a slight sprinkle, it means that more is to come. This will affect our field work, as our sensors require little to no rain.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7EjStEPvGgVuGPMz0JA5AOfLcFZBE6yK3PXUoL_g6cC9XizBkGHk6pYABqX5xTV-xMED0rkZQQfDJqNtHX8zplPAYwTSirkCgBMuTUPQZvtokedzAONYPzSERmvagfKZtjSyYl24AKg/s1600-h/blanketToss.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS7EjStEPvGgVuGPMz0JA5AOfLcFZBE6yK3PXUoL_g6cC9XizBkGHk6pYABqX5xTV-xMED0rkZQQfDJqNtHX8zplPAYwTSirkCgBMuTUPQZvtokedzAONYPzSERmvagfKZtjSyYl24AKg/s320/blanketToss.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077654430668228850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Blanket launch!<br /><br /></span></span></div>What was made gloomy was quickly changed once again as the locals held their first Blanket Toss of the season! No rain, half or more of the towns people and people being flung into the air... and ... whale meat! Lots of whale meat.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wz6qThwjW60d6V-ebQsyQB5VaiDpdUSlKdDFAoPhwwKwsqT-AVCGa9eCkRDtMOjqHRoqcPu4CE-sc3rUDRuD517nIWStkAul7tVWULBiUtcykyPxIHNaT7YowWuK_uVw5gUBj8B0bjg/s1600-h/whaleCut.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wz6qThwjW60d6V-ebQsyQB5VaiDpdUSlKdDFAoPhwwKwsqT-AVCGa9eCkRDtMOjqHRoqcPu4CE-sc3rUDRuD517nIWStkAul7tVWULBiUtcykyPxIHNaT7YowWuK_uVw5gUBj8B0bjg/s320/whaleCut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077658261779056978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Whale meat everywhere.</span></span></span><br /></div><br />Whaling is totally illegal for the non-natives, however even the locals have very strict rules, they are never allowed to sell it and they cannot hunt unless they need to eat. There is a quota for the amount of hunting in the season. After the opening talks and prayers people ate and mingled. There was also dancing and even more blanket tossing.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJSdTEpFMntnO2i5-hwalmFqdryas3smgMqvZQ4bQ2ynNrm1cMGzEMjUpl5hWJ6t2fr7gh_eS9PUdBeYXKInZk1YgdoD7bvP_8yJ4RNnJqvYpzTnNY1cB2TXWa29w93xpCXvl5zkXdCA/s1600-h/blanketToss3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJSdTEpFMntnO2i5-hwalmFqdryas3smgMqvZQ4bQ2ynNrm1cMGzEMjUpl5hWJ6t2fr7gh_eS9PUdBeYXKInZk1YgdoD7bvP_8yJ4RNnJqvYpzTnNY1cB2TXWa29w93xpCXvl5zkXdCA/s320/blanketToss3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077653919567120610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Whaling Crew Flags, successful whaling season and the fruits of labor are shared with everyone.</span></span><br /></div><br />The participates are decided by the whaling captains whom have had a successful season. There will be 3 parties of the 3 main crews, but I believe that there will be more (smaller) ones to come.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbX-N75S99rDQ1ReKgJWLKKUvT1zwqerbXGxqYRtYGysDl9zKdjr2__AralzWKPH78DXC-zRdnligxnOoAMufpI7YG1tsk-rPykbu0m3kS0s7N5eo4PZhw4c90H0VyDl3Faykms7tpws/s1600-h/blanketToss2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbX-N75S99rDQ1ReKgJWLKKUvT1zwqerbXGxqYRtYGysDl9zKdjr2__AralzWKPH78DXC-zRdnligxnOoAMufpI7YG1tsk-rPykbu0m3kS0s7N5eo4PZhw4c90H0VyDl3Faykms7tpws/s320/blanketToss2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077654971834108162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Little kid walking around. </span></span><br /><br /></span></div>After the quick visit, I got to eat and then hours of typing (field data) along with several other smaller task (all work), followed my the more relaxing... blogging. Also there is a good gym in the BASC complex which I hope to be going to soon.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLcH29UNyZ1lBAZ14umsvjx_vT64q1PhpYbXuoKU18o5BOBxTJb-siCsk_CRN5TsosHQQYGfHqYx73j6toa9HDjCV4xKaHB-jt2pzipo_oRgP1Z7Nm7TIKLGfQn7D6ll8GBaPMXepDCQ/s1600-h/gym.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLcH29UNyZ1lBAZ14umsvjx_vT64q1PhpYbXuoKU18o5BOBxTJb-siCsk_CRN5TsosHQQYGfHqYx73j6toa9HDjCV4xKaHB-jt2pzipo_oRgP1Z7Nm7TIKLGfQn7D6ll8GBaPMXepDCQ/s320/gym.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077659816557218146" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">The BASC gym with weights, basketball, ping-pong, pool (billiards), and a "climbing" peg board.<br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Also, check out Amorita's blog! </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.prancingfawn.blogspot.com">www.prancingfawn.blogspot.com</a></div></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-83073851370033545592007-06-17T17:01:00.000-07:002007-06-18T22:53:39.224-07:00Summer's coming...First off: <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!</span><br />I am happy to get to talk to my family today and get some comments from people to my blog. Thank you everyone!! It's is nice to receive some communication from people back home, it's a bit distressing to feel like your being out of the loop for such a long time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKBHYL8oDL_5K7q8KycWaHEp3dxgoZTPLGYOodJoin0XQSTvICiWKMQvGFvpmGAlI11ciMkc3Cv465cz4waJwACt4-HYsu66F1dnzy7xfIi17cOsOXhlLzNjLsGchbiIZE0Cxtk4dK-I/s1600-h/perryTram.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKBHYL8oDL_5K7q8KycWaHEp3dxgoZTPLGYOodJoin0XQSTvICiWKMQvGFvpmGAlI11ciMkc3Cv465cz4waJwACt4-HYsu66F1dnzy7xfIi17cOsOXhlLzNjLsGchbiIZE0Cxtk4dK-I/s320/perryTram.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077649212282964162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family: georgia;">Timed Image, camera free riding on cart</span></span><br /></div><br />So something hit me a couple of days ago while I was alone in the field... a thought... I realized that I had archived a major goal that I had set for myself a long time ago when I was working as a switch tech at T-Mobile in Albuquerque, NM. I was happy to have a great respectable job that was demanding and interesting however rather upset about my environment... a very cold, window-less, secure, stale office; thinking all the time how I would rather be doing field work traveling to interesting places, meeting new people (and cultures), outdoors mixed in with some danger. And that past wish hit me as I was walking alone, in a different world, loaded shotgun in hand, fully clothed and with enough food and water for days; my only communication... a radio. It made me smile, gave me energy and again I saw that I am still doing very well; a lucky good life surrounded by great people, wonderful family and a waiting little dog...<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" ><br /></span>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-60460139721380899402007-06-13T12:37:00.000-07:002007-06-14T16:17:45.637-07:00Guns and butter<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnceEldovu3LD2p0DLcJZbjT_0D0qASZxw_whxu2MS40p4AHTjFDPGYm1BLgFU1avOkq12ELAz0vMUV1ttNDIV2-6li12tUvS7wH8UhtyrZ6vJGlE3ePLzBt1UfNQ5Xi9xMSWezZc5_r4/s1600-h/perryGun.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnceEldovu3LD2p0DLcJZbjT_0D0qASZxw_whxu2MS40p4AHTjFDPGYm1BLgFU1avOkq12ELAz0vMUV1ttNDIV2-6li12tUvS7wH8UhtyrZ6vJGlE3ePLzBt1UfNQ5Xi9xMSWezZc5_r4/s320/perryGun.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076050131534153794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Shotgun safety Training</span></span><br /></div><br />Not being able to update my blog in a few days, I am now going to go over a quick update. Field work has been a bit rough do to the near 10 hour work days (field), followed by a couple of extra hours immediately after coming back! Lucky we only do this every other day. And lucky I made it to the only Japanese restaurant, which was quite a treat!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s9iLKOSqysjRF_q2OtkI2HEKFv1cL4OYj1MPMoeeHngIMS_Ml63MBO01enumWU1CVlzhyphenhyphenjmzqqqj86B27nDZ_HlT6rpcBB5Y5B0GWXXkikwdElVx-rY9XOuOEABZbFPazIB2MYW3bI8/s1600-h/osaka.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s9iLKOSqysjRF_q2OtkI2HEKFv1cL4OYj1MPMoeeHngIMS_Ml63MBO01enumWU1CVlzhyphenhyphenjmzqqqj86B27nDZ_HlT6rpcBB5Y5B0GWXXkikwdElVx-rY9XOuOEABZbFPazIB2MYW3bI8/s320/osaka.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076062647068854450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;">Ah! Japanese food!</span></span><br /></div><br />I will be going out to the field again in about an hour. Should be interesting because there was a brown bear spotted walking around our field site yesterday. The snow is melting quickly.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHIci016_TZCcI6O9Qc-a2kzjlzKiG5ulJS1B7m6iygFtNV3otmOLT_L20rMAFSehnQwXzc6FR9qmIc2Qcw7Mc6nhocsOutPEfm4TDw5zEZsqAa7m232SoaCi2uQsESK5mBzQBPrVTd8/s1600-h/snowTram.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPHIci016_TZCcI6O9Qc-a2kzjlzKiG5ulJS1B7m6iygFtNV3otmOLT_L20rMAFSehnQwXzc6FR9qmIc2Qcw7Mc6nhocsOutPEfm4TDw5zEZsqAa7m232SoaCi2uQsESK5mBzQBPrVTd8/s320/snowTram.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076059099425867858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Above: Snow 1 week ago.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw3OqhLU_VofoKdTcfVO4c5cnyl50l_-I9bj8vMV2qRtuSgMl67NYoopySxznkxgnntdXIIthOekp4GaKPf_tclCZCU7Iq_W0jhEPbWNcrAHQ_L2nK8pwXHXLVC3ypf2hfrxFoj_cGaI/s1600-h/snowMelt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbw3OqhLU_VofoKdTcfVO4c5cnyl50l_-I9bj8vMV2qRtuSgMl67NYoopySxznkxgnntdXIIthOekp4GaKPf_tclCZCU7Iq_W0jhEPbWNcrAHQ_L2nK8pwXHXLVC3ypf2hfrxFoj_cGaI/s320/snowMelt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076059563282335842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">Snow melt three days ago!</span></span><br /></div><br />We commonly have a bear guard with a rifle and/or a shotgun out there. Since we been getting foggy and windy days lately we have to be on guard even more than normal. We been told that bears can smell some 20 miles away. So, all this talk about bears led us to an important subject and a subject that I have been waiting for... gun training!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebSGyDRIjz6YZJL-9-nJzIEMna0VdySn0hzvOeIpq11ONAJRiWUsdGTLFAt1DYCmXWDs1N5-ep4bXHbzaiJLCD5t1sDhd9h99c7-RjN7sNEYGDFZYbmZYay_1_IM0kwFgxXCAyUh8_uY/s1600-h/perryShot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebSGyDRIjz6YZJL-9-nJzIEMna0VdySn0hzvOeIpq11ONAJRiWUsdGTLFAt1DYCmXWDs1N5-ep4bXHbzaiJLCD5t1sDhd9h99c7-RjN7sNEYGDFZYbmZYay_1_IM0kwFgxXCAyUh8_uY/s320/perryShot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076060164577757298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Live firing, shooting at a board.<br /></span></span></span></div><br />We had two days of class, the first in class safety training and the second day live firing. This is not my first time with guns, however it is my first time with a shotgun. We had a member of the police force out with us and we learned how to load, unload and safety the shotguns we would be using (should we want to). The second day we got to fire off a couple rounds. Ok, two rounds is certainly not enough to learn, but we at least got to feel the kick back. I am glad that we had this class because I have already come across a couple of shotguns and could not tell (until now) if they were loaded and on safety.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJiAUEIrAr8exKmDWL3UcMe7nvPWv23LSihdOV20z7Rv8E-qYoZOLCLRkahyDZ7I2EZsWM5BUE9z695ycZ7cX_xoc_Oeq5NIybm4a4x1bbMW88fdtEandihi4y4LWUylFBcrX1MnEjA8/s1600-h/barrowWall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJiAUEIrAr8exKmDWL3UcMe7nvPWv23LSihdOV20z7Rv8E-qYoZOLCLRkahyDZ7I2EZsWM5BUE9z695ycZ7cX_xoc_Oeq5NIybm4a4x1bbMW88fdtEandihi4y4LWUylFBcrX1MnEjA8/s320/barrowWall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076060654204029058" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Climbing wall for $3.00 all day at the local Gym.<br /></span></span></span></div><br />Saturday passed again and I thought of my climbing pals and peña blanca and I am worrying that I am getting weak! So, when Sunday came which is our "day off" (not really) I went to the climbing wall here at barrow! Only 3 dollars for the whole day (cheaper that when el paso had a wall) and Amorita, Rob (a science teacher, researcher and track coach) and I climbed for a couple of hours! I AM SO WEAK NOW! I must go every weekend for a couple of hour (that's about all we will get). The climbs were all really easy (v0-) but hey its something.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqHucBRQhSfVr16oBLUdMIgPVAncaBOKsfebW6riwY4TUN-3QIRcfC37G9hDVgcw1AWyZQjgUV_dx_1QP-YrQ5lbNccnx_oXitZlzTY7oamfRiqL4CMzdUHLVKFK80MgImTTzlP2wk78/s1600-h/amoritaWall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqHucBRQhSfVr16oBLUdMIgPVAncaBOKsfebW6riwY4TUN-3QIRcfC37G9hDVgcw1AWyZQjgUV_dx_1QP-YrQ5lbNccnx_oXitZlzTY7oamfRiqL4CMzdUHLVKFK80MgImTTzlP2wk78/s320/amoritaWall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076061143830300818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Amorita climbing stronger than any of us... not surprising.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiox_I7sa0YUhswEL78Vul_Znq5-NYLFKBm_ZTBZLH4_RipcZRUpmhRUjrZJGjTML_FsaUFY8oxTIW4TSKLxh5CbU1qJjiCD3Yk6KbaQdq3SmGpRmp7P_6rCn0MiL9uVO_GtwPDc5HyLmo/s1600-h/perryWall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiox_I7sa0YUhswEL78Vul_Znq5-NYLFKBm_ZTBZLH4_RipcZRUpmhRUjrZJGjTML_FsaUFY8oxTIW4TSKLxh5CbU1qJjiCD3Yk6KbaQdq3SmGpRmp7P_6rCn0MiL9uVO_GtwPDc5HyLmo/s320/perryWall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076061590506899618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Me on the "hardest" climb. We all made it up.. to the skull.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div>Time to eat and then back to the field...Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-51626973398164542622007-06-06T15:00:00.000-07:002007-06-06T15:24:21.497-07:00Changing Field Work Conditions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlEIdRC09LJnAD2FmQuovATlBNA9ApJ0MLKfvBqCE5vU50yb_vWAwtS5Yw9oGm9r0Eioc-AAT-7RFTIowoZI1kYCeWw3hDt14NUUJ15ttumC28d6esrofASGuEW3Kzyl25PWN8WUidM4/s1600-h/arcticFox.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZlEIdRC09LJnAD2FmQuovATlBNA9ApJ0MLKfvBqCE5vU50yb_vWAwtS5Yw9oGm9r0Eioc-AAT-7RFTIowoZI1kYCeWw3hDt14NUUJ15ttumC28d6esrofASGuEW3Kzyl25PWN8WUidM4/s320/arcticFox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073080672750078002" border="0" /></a><br />I SAW MY FIRST <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">ARCTIC FOX</span>!! Otherwise it is another day in the field, so far we have been going out everyday of the week and it looks like that will be the case for awhile. We are working on smoothing out our daily jobs so that we can get more done. We help out digging a ditch for a monitoring running water from the ever melting snow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXezPqMVfJN4yHBroL9IXI_GHpESvL8i4HTfY5LrUlvVNDlyVGEiw3gtc7vYhPNc-1Wwr5WFiopLp6tsflHJqQNHeOPCdl85H7k5Fu5uIR8OrLEBNnSi1VsVarm63b1v8DIEckuZ_QocE/s1600-h/ditch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXezPqMVfJN4yHBroL9IXI_GHpESvL8i4HTfY5LrUlvVNDlyVGEiw3gtc7vYhPNc-1Wwr5WFiopLp6tsflHJqQNHeOPCdl85H7k5Fu5uIR8OrLEBNnSi1VsVarm63b1v8DIEckuZ_QocE/s320/ditch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073077971215648786" border="0" /></a><br />The condition of ground is starting to get messy, snow mixed with areas of mud, slush, and tundra; all which makes for a tough walking conditions. The season of the snow mobiles is now over, so we are stuck to walking everywhere and it is killer on the feet. The walk to our research area is about a 45 minute walk, which would normally not be so hard, however the lack of a true path is rough. We are about to go out to the field again after lunch and it looks like it will be a hot day of around 55 degrees with full sun and some wind (10 mph).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRws9vjC3H61tVh5W7E6hROyFhCF8GVicop3E0BFk9QE4Nsmdiqn3ylotwXuz9oarL7QrN177l0kjnp4qB_lETPeAS85_aRqsmI-OWiMOhcNXyw73ncSIAi5Iz0Z-QNIJsofTWQxq03s/s1600-h/tramwork.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHRws9vjC3H61tVh5W7E6hROyFhCF8GVicop3E0BFk9QE4Nsmdiqn3ylotwXuz9oarL7QrN177l0kjnp4qB_lETPeAS85_aRqsmI-OWiMOhcNXyw73ncSIAi5Iz0Z-QNIJsofTWQxq03s/s320/tramwork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073078117244536866" border="0" /></a>Being that Saturday passed by, it made me think about climbing and my climbing buddies and I already miss it very much. But for now.... it's to the field again!Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-59786396763255618312007-06-01T20:54:00.000-07:002007-06-02T11:26:16.769-07:00First day of field work...may 31, 07<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H8nGgGR3VRLw-aOERFyr6ImR5TEzqQXO2WYlc66y-q9_WV-d91JGGVEJIBRrgsQPZuvo8QwRScZNmLMXlcL55_bg7ZFZKOjIsZDZ_yd6doaFpwJBeub_WjAziu_5MW2IFr-PQjXnlBE/s1600-h/snowmachine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-H8nGgGR3VRLw-aOERFyr6ImR5TEzqQXO2WYlc66y-q9_WV-d91JGGVEJIBRrgsQPZuvo8QwRScZNmLMXlcL55_bg7ZFZKOjIsZDZ_yd6doaFpwJBeub_WjAziu_5MW2IFr-PQjXnlBE/s320/snowmachine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071533483521666770" border="0" /></a><br />Today was the first day of field work. Most exciting! My hope was to not only have a great day helping with research but also... get to drive a snow mobile (or snow machine as the locals call it). And would you know it, I get the chance right of the bat. The snow machines are very powerful and shockingly they can go up to 200 mph. Ok, I didn't get it up to anywhere near 200 mph (more like 30 mph) but let me tell you it felt very fast. The ride is very rough, and because the snow doesn't make bumps very obvious you must be ready to get some air at any moment. Thus, any thing not tied down will come flying off, this can include people too, as my research mate, Santonu, found out. Poor guy was on the back of one of two sleds that were being pulled and hit a bump that shot him right off and it was not for a good kilometer that we noticed! He was most lucky not hurt and had a good laugh and memory of this rough ride. All together we had 5 snow machines and the drive from the research faculty took about 15 minutes and left us in a nearly completely white environment much like the loading console straight from the Matrix. A strange, unsetting yet exciting feeling of both danger and safety as you can see for miles, however still hyper-aware that you are indeed in the natural food chain. Once we to our site, we unpacked our equipment and we split into 3 groups, santonu and I, Dave and Amorita, and Craig with Alex and Sandra.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlOTdxSK68242Xyuu5viljoyB8BAmpDcOKSbJGuInBlzKh4r5TnzZNzAtfci3qZyErMi6m3ywW4YPD1YcIDufqITsy_6tOVXlGRgbliwiYY1XyvtzxFqc3Jz_YKVHg_XPYHLjHD1LRak/s1600-h/tramline.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlOTdxSK68242Xyuu5viljoyB8BAmpDcOKSbJGuInBlzKh4r5TnzZNzAtfci3qZyErMi6m3ywW4YPD1YcIDufqITsy_6tOVXlGRgbliwiYY1XyvtzxFqc3Jz_YKVHg_XPYHLjHD1LRak/s320/tramline.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071533788464344802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Santonu and I watching the Tramline Progress.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">300 meters of tramline and 3 tramlines.</span><br /></span></div><br />The area that Santonu and I were focused on was a dried lake bed as is covered in over 4 feet of snow. On the lake bed lies 3 train-like tracks that support our mini train that carries sensors to measure various things a regular intervals for a total of 300 meters. Because of the heavy snow, the track had been bent and snaked left and right instead of being perfectly leveled and straight, and so we had to walk the track straightening and leveling each section for each track and log any pieces that needed to be replaced.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HH18YztRJLrKXnyEiUtX5LPx4OI3NicK817wfCZdmyqSPpevvorFcif6v-vfHrn_Jm3BHDQM_fJ7FQ8sGBFUr77rOQLYoe0dUGO_V4StlyaXCY9KJtUCTNuoHEnYLpQ3PuBj2L4GEVc/s1600-h/snowSled.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6HH18YztRJLrKXnyEiUtX5LPx4OI3NicK817wfCZdmyqSPpevvorFcif6v-vfHrn_Jm3BHDQM_fJ7FQ8sGBFUr77rOQLYoe0dUGO_V4StlyaXCY9KJtUCTNuoHEnYLpQ3PuBj2L4GEVc/s320/snowSled.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071534716177280770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">One of two snow sleds that we pulled with the snow machines.<br /></span></span></div><br />This took the whole day and was very exhausting, but worth it as we were able to run our train on each track and test the sensors.Long day. After this was a bit more fun driving around the snow machines! After this we went and ate! Good day!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbpaIswqDUHXX72f54o99cpYCJIVYPT0ABnVh03jtyc6_ck_GSSQAxuckcP2AsyEh-LbvRc-YgrD4JG2ONdwNF8GECjtqRD-9Hitb7zj0yayI3YR1UZu7KzAeVSl2KJGpS5VAs-vklGM/s1600-h/perryArmor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbpaIswqDUHXX72f54o99cpYCJIVYPT0ABnVh03jtyc6_ck_GSSQAxuckcP2AsyEh-LbvRc-YgrD4JG2ONdwNF8GECjtqRD-9Hitb7zj0yayI3YR1UZu7KzAeVSl2KJGpS5VAs-vklGM/s320/perryArmor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071534351105060594" border="0" /></a></div>Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5958604082510546384.post-24960206770211924942007-05-29T16:44:00.000-07:002007-06-02T11:16:19.370-07:00Barrow: From the Middle of the World to the Top of the World<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaZ0bzfAU4OWF-uRDqqAdLR3y87B8GV5-0VuuTu6dxAvCygP79IWm1DnYu-yg2fKMa22od5J6CMeL6UYX4J23DxP2SbqT1tk019m52fedpRIf8lxYqv6o0YAzvr83HHirNfLrEqUks0M/s1600-h/perryTopWorld.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaZ0bzfAU4OWF-uRDqqAdLR3y87B8GV5-0VuuTu6dxAvCygP79IWm1DnYu-yg2fKMa22od5J6CMeL6UYX4J23DxP2SbqT1tk019m52fedpRIf8lxYqv6o0YAzvr83HHirNfLrEqUks0M/s320/perryTopWorld.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071530674613055138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Wel<span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">come</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">! </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>DAY 1:<br /><br />My name is Perry Houser, I am an undergrad studying geology at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). This blog is to note my research and stay in the Arctic Circle, Barrow, Alaska. Currently I am stationed at the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC) and sleeping at the NARL Hotel, of the coast of the currently frozen Arctic Sea.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F32rr8-6B1QEr0ICDBmDZqSEjkw0REVmwZQE9LOEVNAhX4UCDJKgc4DWhGen5Yh-dwWkq407fvP1H5wJ2KoGVTlGOzw-B9tVekhOdCW36VmIwRdI_5FktbX4NemC1viAkh7Qpxda4B8/s1600-h/teamField.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7F32rr8-6B1QEr0ICDBmDZqSEjkw0REVmwZQE9LOEVNAhX4UCDJKgc4DWhGen5Yh-dwWkq407fvP1H5wJ2KoGVTlGOzw-B9tVekhOdCW36VmIwRdI_5FktbX4NemC1viAkh7Qpxda4B8/s320/teamField.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071531121289653938" border="0" /></a><br />The snow is still here but starting to melt, and will be gone within a month. The sun is out all day and night, which takes getting use to. There is a slight breeze that comes in and out that cuts into you and chills things down considerable. Currently it is around 28 degrees. I have yet to see much of the wildlife, however, upon arrival, I was able to hear very excited and emotional chatter on the radios from the local community. They were expressing thanks to God and all the people that worked on the pulling in of a couple of Bowhead whales. Not seeing the locals yet, hearing them for the first time was like a going back in time, where life was not nearly as easy and where death is a certain possibility. Even better than hearing them on the radio is being invited to eat the fresh uncooked catch. As this is the first time trying whale, I was a bit excited and a bit worried that I may not like it and gag (or worse). However, beyond the fishy smell, I was able to eat and enjoy. Good thing that I already like sushi. The locals were very friendly, and left us with a gift bag containing various parts of the whale.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcn6PZJg6blmiuvFbcEseO3pwaNW0xdXr9GywKAfFYFmA8HMN4INwBkRUj9VegQP4E0XhX3SdH_vqQYnry-KC_AJmzdAf5kHwh2jCH3_rIAKiqh49lLu_bE79F-hICWM9IhpNtoo6MRY/s1600-h/BASCfront.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcn6PZJg6blmiuvFbcEseO3pwaNW0xdXr9GywKAfFYFmA8HMN4INwBkRUj9VegQP4E0XhX3SdH_vqQYnry-KC_AJmzdAf5kHwh2jCH3_rIAKiqh49lLu_bE79F-hICWM9IhpNtoo6MRY/s320/BASCfront.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071531911563636418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;">This is the front of the BASC offices near the NARL hotel.<br />It is the skull of a Bowhead Whale.<br /></span></div><br />After this incredible entrance, we drove around the town and saw different buildings (most look like small aircraft hangers) and looked at the frozen coast line. The crew that I am very lucky to work with are truly great and I look forward to work with them this summer.Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03750747829131516232noreply@blogger.com2