Time is flying by and it is high time I wrote another blog post. We had a busy past few weeks with visitors to Healy, many many hours of field work (including early mornings and late nights), and a trip to Fairbanks. In the field, we spent the last two weeks doing something called point framing, which is a way to estimate plant biomass. John, a middle school teach who is partnered with our study, does a nice job explaining point framing and has photos, so you can read more about it on his blog here:
http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/carbon-balance-in-warming-and-drying-tundra-2012/journals/2012-07-16
John's blog is great to look at and he has some amazing photos of a few days he spent in Denali!
Other news from the past weeks is that I got to go to Fairbanks last weekend - we hadn't been in 4 weeks! It was great to shower, do laundry, grocery shop, and hang out. I saw the Batman movie and watched some of the World Eskimo Indian Olympics, which were cool. We saw an event called the Two Feet Kick - amazing! Watch this video to see the 2011 event. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kb9-1FZmQU
I also did my long run for the week in Fairbanks - 17 miles on Sunday. It felt good and I ran on some of the marathon course. I took the last two days off, which was much needed, and ran 6 miles today. Today was probably the nicest day weather-wise we've had all July! It was 75 and clear skies. I ran to a lake down the road and met Elizabeth there. It was a very refreshing swim! The water is probably as cold as most Maine lakes are in May, but it felt great today.
Tomorrow we are giving a site tour to some employees of Denali National Park, and then having a potluck dinner. Should be fun.
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