(I am definitely packing long underwear!)
Today's weather in Anchorage: Partly cloudy and 59.
Today's weather in Ayer, MA: Cloudy and 68.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Preparing for the trip
As I pack for the trip, I have an extra challenge because I fractured my fibula last week and I am in a walking cast. On the one hand, I only need to bring footwear for my left foot; on the other hand, I need to bring garbage bags for the mud and I need to figure out what pants I can wear. The main advice we received was to wear layers, so I am planning on bringing underlayers that keep me warm while also releasing heat and moisture, and then fleece and wind/rain jackets for warmth and bad weather. I'm also packing some vegan-friendly snacks, in case there are limited options in Barrow, where I have read about their delicacies of whale blubber and caribou meat ;-).
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Our destination: Barrow, Alaska
Barrow is 330 miles above the Arctic Circle, the most northerly place in the USA. The sun never sets for 84 days from May to July. Of course the opposite happens in the winter when the sun doesn't rise at all for 84 days.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Welcome
Hello all, thanks for visiting our Arctic Trip Blog, feel free to leave your comments and read all our posts.
The story so far: 5 Division 1 teachers will leave for Barrow, Alaska on June 30th, stopping over in Anchorage for a couple of days on the way, and spending a week in Barrow. Our goal is to find out all we can about Barrow, the people who live there and how climate change is affecting their lives. We will be meeting with residents from the Inupiat community and research scientists working up in the area. We plan to come away with ideas for curriculum we can use in our classes and share with other schools.
The whole trip is being funded by the National Science Foundation thanks to a great deal of work securing the grant by Parker parent Hal Salzman whose work as a research sociologist takes him frequently to Barrow .
The lucky Parker teachers making this trip are Matt, Amanda and Janet from Div1AH and Molly and Judy from Div1MST. None of us have been anywhere close to this far north before .
Check out Barrow on a map-its the most northerly bit of America up above the arctic circle.
We hope this blog will serve as a journal of our trip but we are also keen to hear from you.
What do you want to know about Barrow, the Inupiat culture, the arctic, sea ice ,polar bears,permafrost, no sunset, whales... ?
Blog us you questions and we'll try to get answers for them
The story so far: 5 Division 1 teachers will leave for Barrow, Alaska on June 30th, stopping over in Anchorage for a couple of days on the way, and spending a week in Barrow. Our goal is to find out all we can about Barrow, the people who live there and how climate change is affecting their lives. We will be meeting with residents from the Inupiat community and research scientists working up in the area. We plan to come away with ideas for curriculum we can use in our classes and share with other schools.
The whole trip is being funded by the National Science Foundation thanks to a great deal of work securing the grant by Parker parent Hal Salzman whose work as a research sociologist takes him frequently to Barrow .
The lucky Parker teachers making this trip are Matt, Amanda and Janet from Div1AH and Molly and Judy from Div1MST. None of us have been anywhere close to this far north before .
Check out Barrow on a map-its the most northerly bit of America up above the arctic circle.
We hope this blog will serve as a journal of our trip but we are also keen to hear from you.
What do you want to know about Barrow, the Inupiat culture, the arctic, sea ice ,polar bears,permafrost, no sunset, whales... ?
Blog us you questions and we'll try to get answers for them
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