Monday, October 01, 2007
Barrow!
Or something. I really wasn't feeling the exclamation point up there. Two days after the Nome trip I left for Barrow. Anna was already up there and I helped to put in two big new stations for her where she's looking at ground temperatures and near surface soil moisture. Condtions were pretty miserable. blowing 10-15 the first day eventually getting up to 20-30 once I was wiring. Neat to make it that far north though. It was my first trip and hopefully not the last.
That's a pretty typical fall scene from up there. Pretty much nearly flat with lots of patterned ground. One highlight was soldering in the wind. It just takes a little longer for the iron to heat up but if you do it right you can still make a bit of headway:
So, this cracked me up. I don't know who thought it up but check out this 10 meter weather tower which is busy jacking out of the ground. I bet this site has only seen a couple winters but that's enough to raise the wind sensor elevation a decent chunk:
So, food up there is a mixed bag. Check out the menu from a place we'll probably pass on the next time but nice to go once for the experience I suppose. Pretty sweet deal, they throw in the lettuce and tomato free if you upgrade to the Hamburger deluxe!
So, that's Barrow in 30 seconds. As luck would have it Jessie was up there, too. We overlapped by a day up there although she was on another project. So, if you want to see picture of the new football stadium and everything (and it looks pretty cool from the pictures) head on over there!
That's a pretty typical fall scene from up there. Pretty much nearly flat with lots of patterned ground. One highlight was soldering in the wind. It just takes a little longer for the iron to heat up but if you do it right you can still make a bit of headway:
So, this cracked me up. I don't know who thought it up but check out this 10 meter weather tower which is busy jacking out of the ground. I bet this site has only seen a couple winters but that's enough to raise the wind sensor elevation a decent chunk:
So, food up there is a mixed bag. Check out the menu from a place we'll probably pass on the next time but nice to go once for the experience I suppose. Pretty sweet deal, they throw in the lettuce and tomato free if you upgrade to the Hamburger deluxe!
So, that's Barrow in 30 seconds. As luck would have it Jessie was up there, too. We overlapped by a day up there although she was on another project. So, if you want to see picture of the new football stadium and everything (and it looks pretty cool from the pictures) head on over there!
