How to avoid Arctic dangers and difficulties |
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How to avoid Arctic dangers and difficulties |
Tatiana Gurtovaya |
Jun 28 2005, 11:04 AM
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Hi Amy and Max,
I am very glad to visit this TREC Virtual Base Camp and to read your journal. It's very interesting to learn more about Arctic rivers in Alaska and Canada. You are very experienced people after your trip to Siberia. Woild you please ice floating of the Lena river and of the Yukon river? Best regards, Tatiana |
Tatiana Gurtovaya |
Jun 28 2005, 11:16 AM
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The name of this topic looks strange but I meant that you can write special manual for students advising how to avoid Arctic dangers and difficulties.
Hope there are no difficulties to take vegetables in Alaska and Canada? |
Max_Holmes |
Jun 28 2005, 11:46 AM
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TREC Researcher Group: TREC Team Posts: 22 Joined: 23-May 05 Member No.: 17 |
(Note: Tatiana and her colleague Alexander Zhulidov work with us on the PARTNERS project. They live in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. They do an amazing job of coordinating all of the sampling on the Yenisey, Lena, and Ob' rivers in Siberia. They are also excellent scientists and great friends!)
Hello Tatiana, It is good to hear from you. It is true that it can be very dangerous when the ice is "breaking" on these huge arctic rivers. It happens quickly - one hour the river can have a solid covering of ice and the next hour it all breaks up and churns downriver. We were on the Lena River in Siberia last spring when the ice broke. It was a big event in the village of Zhigansk where we were staying. Many of the residents went down to the river to watch. Some, like the children in the attached photo, even climbed on the ice that had piled up on shore or in the shallow water. This made me really nervous! As you know, we are trying to involve more and more students and teachers in the project, particularly those living in the villages and towns where we sample the six rivers that are part of the PARTNERS project. Because of safety concerns, we will have to develop detailed procedures for making sure everyone is safe when they participate in sample collection. One rule will be "No climbing on ice when the river is breaking up!". Thanks for the question, Max |
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