10 August 1998 Too Much Travel!!!!

Don's Journal: Over 11 hours in the air today....what a pain in the rear. This infuriates the duck! Everything went pretty well but we got to Fairbanks and only 4 out of 5 checked bags made it all the way with us. Of course the trunk that didn't show was the one that had ALL the scientific equipment. A perfect example of why you should NEVER put all your eggs in one basket. Anyway, we were all up for over 24 hours and we were exhausted. Big day tomorrow; we get to visit the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Permafrost Tunnel as well as the University of Alaska Fairbanks Museum. JAVIER'S PIECE: I'm still on jet lag...zzzzzzz!

Map by the National Geographic Society, Cartographic Division

• Blue line = Cruise to the Northern Ice Pack-a representation of the Polar Sea's voyage from Nome north to Barrow
• Purple Dots = Deering Archeological Excavation-flights from Fairbanks to Barrow, then village hopping to Kotzebue and Deering
• Green Line and Dot = Oil Spill Effects on River Otters in Prince William Sound-flight from Anchorage to Valdez, ferry across Prince William Sound, train ride from Whittier to Portage and drive to Seward
• Lavender line = Tundra Active Layer/Landscape Interactions-travel from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay and Barrow via the Dalton Highway, helicopters and small airplanes
• Red Dots = Locations that participants from more than one project visited

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