Day 7

Hi to All
A typical day at the research center consists of getting up at 6:00. We meet with Pete the research scientist at 7:00 for a briefing so we know what we are doing in the field and how to dress. Each of us are responsible to journal one day of the trip so we here clever writings of the past days events. Breakfast is at 7:30 and then we are in the van to go to the research site by 8:45. We gather data all morning and return at or before 12:30 for lunch. We are back in the van by 1:30 and go to another site or finish the site from the morning. Usually we are back to the center by 4:30 and have time to bike or walk before supper at 6:15. At 7:30 we meet with Pete for a lecture on landforms, animals, or permafrost at Churchill. This is a gruelling schedule because we still have to blog, face book or write lessons before bed. That is part of the reason we looked forward to our day off yesterday. The first picture shows me at the tundra site randomly throwing a stake to get our plot. The other photo is the Earthwatch volunteer teachers on an ice pack in the middle of the Hudson Bay on our day off. We are told tomorrow the pack ice is coming in with the change of the winds. This gives us new hope to see a polar bear.