http://ffky.edublogs.org Snowmachine Trip 2009 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:39:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a recent update of our program: 1. We have 157 schools in our network now and nearly finish originally planed boreholes, frost tubes locations. Recent participant schools are: Juneau Floyd Drysen Middle, Allakaket, Watson Lake, Pelly Crossing, Haines, Mosquito Lake, Seward, Denali Elem, and Begich middle (ANC) schools. 2.  The ... http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/26/happy-thanksgiving/ We start editing village report for Project "P",  Let me know any nice village picture, if you have! We would like to use in the magazine. Attention!!!!! My new email address is <kyoshikawa@alaska.edu> Please, use this address from now on!!!! http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/22/project-p-village-report-sample/ We try to approach publishing one time only magazine type full color book called "Permafrost"! I would like include everything in here such as village temperature data, frost depth, news, ice cellar, drilling, Mars, solar system, cold region landforms, exploring world permafrost, interviewing elders, singers for Tunnel Man, snowmachine trip, ... http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/18/starting-project-permafrost/ We should start organizing 2009 data for all villages...  Here are the some data. You will see Toksook Bay and Platinum have absence of permafrost. Other villages are presence of permafrost, BUT very warm permafrost (close to 0 dC). http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/17/temperature-plots-from-lower-kuskokwim-school-district-lksd/ The way back from Anchorage schools, we stop by Valdez to set up snow sensors. Japanese scientist "Masa" would like to measure snow temperature during this winter, hopefully at the heaviest snow falling town... We think maybe Valdez, Seward or Whittier??!!  We decide to try at Valdez. http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/15/heaviest-snow-fall-town/ Masa and I drove to Anchorage today. We install frost tube at two schools. We had minor drill problem (stack and broke extension) at Begich Middle but teacher (Scott) help us an hour to retrieved broken auger! http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/13/begich-middle-schooldenali-elementary-school-anchorage/ We check frost tube at U-Park elementary school. It was 41cm. http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/11/fairbanks-university-park-elementary-school/ Google earth is getting important part of people's life, especially geographer, explore. Resolution is better than last year now and so many potencial to use this in the classroom! I update our permafrost station location in this google earth KMZ file! including Kilimanjaro! Enjoy play around the world!!!! http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/09/google-earth-updated/ Our Canadian representative,Panya, made beautiful our program poster for each villages in Yukon Territory. We should do similar things here in AK... http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/05/poster-from-canada/ I am back to Fairbanks. It was bad weather all the time. I saw sunshine and blue sky when I back here since when I left! However, it was very successful trip. I deeply appreciate  for Panya (Yukon Geological SUrvey) to organize this trip. Tunnel Man Manga (Cartoon) Japanese version is ... http://ffky.edublogs.org/2009/11/01/tunnel-man-2058-manga/