ALISS: Arctic Lake Ice Systems Science

Colors and Senses of the Tundra

1/24/2018

We got going around 10am this morning into the earliest twilight. Cold but not much wind. Perfect conditions.

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Riding down the Peninsula we stopped briefly at a few cabins before crossing Dease Inlet.

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Lots of caribou about in herds of 4-20 or so. A few interesting cracks crossing the sea ice, but otherwise no worries. Seeing where caribou were grazing breaks up the stastrugi snow drift patterns. undefined

Arriving at North Side of Teshekpuk Lake seemed just right as light got low and flat making it hard to see. Plus goggles had been fogging up and riding without made it extra challenging to see well.

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Thawing out cabins is a labor of love and one that has to be taken slow. Almost getting it thawed.

Archive

2018
- Dec 2
- Children of the Arctic
- Nov 30
- Professionalism in the Heart of Darkness
- Nov 29
- Feelin’ Groovy on Snow and Ice
- Nov 28
- Traveling on Evolving Sastrugi
- Nov 27
- Barrow Blizzard Day Shakedown
- Apr 21
- Snow Buntings on the Barrow Pen
- Apr 19
- Ribs, Mac n’ Cheese, on the snowy tundra
- Apr 18
- Snow, Wind, and Ice
- Apr 16
- Lesson from the Arctic
- Apr 14
- I Love Doing Science!
- Apr 13
- Friday the 13th Brings Mixed Luck
- Apr 12
- Sea Ice is Nice for Growing Lake Ice
- Jan 28
- Bouncing Back in Whiteness
- Jan 27
- The Magical SAR Queen Rules!
- Jan 26
- Arctic Winter Science
- Jan 25
- A Day to Chill
- Jan 24
- Colors and Senses of the Tundra
- Jan 23
- Coming to Calm, Cool, Thin Conditions on the Barrow Pen
2017
- Apr 15
- Patterns, Trends, and Uncertainty in the Arctic
- Apr 13
- Colville River Dreamin'
- Apr 12
- Pingo Districts & Ridge Riding
- Apr 11
- Day of Success Brings Perspective
- Apr 4
- Recharge Day
- Apr 3
- Phantom Snow Fields
- Mar 29
- Cross-cutting Sastrugi
2016
- Nov 15
- Learning to Tell the Ground Truth at Trapper School in Nuiqsut
- May 5
- Barrow
- May 3
- Ice, Snow, and Snowgo Mojo
- May 2
- Riding the Zero Degree Curtain
- May 1
- Noise, Signals, and Sensitivity on the Arctic Coastal Plain
- Apr 29
- The Case of the Dirty Delta
- Apr 28
- Call of the Ptarmigan
- Apr 26
- Frozen Water in the Air, Lakes, and Land
- Apr 25
- Bunny Boot Free Day
- Apr 24
- Spit Spot Bounce
- Apr 22
- Blue Skies, Nesting Ravens, and Warm Work Hands
- Apr 20
- Soft Snow Hills Make for Slow Travel, But Good Teamwork
- Apr 20
- Windy, Wooly, Wet, and Wild
- Apr 18
- A New Road to Umiat
- Apr 15
- A Circle Fits in Where a Square Should Be
- Apr 14
- Haul Road Ease
- Apr 13
- Chasing a Shrinking Cryosphere from Mountains to the Sea: Our 10th year of Spring Snowmachine Traverses
- Apr 12
- ALISS April 2016 Trip