2015 Arctic Alaska Snowmachine Traverse

Well we are back at it again!  This will be the 9th consecutive year (minus 2013 due to funding issues) that Eric Yeager and I have embarked across the tundra to visit and service the USGS Climate and Permafrost Network Monitoring stations.  Each year has been bigger and better, visiting more stations, adding equipment and capability, doing additional science, and specifically - in recent years, focusing on snow based science completing many snow surveys along the way.  We started April 19th and plan to be out this year until May 5th, thus are part way into the adventure- we will post updates when we have time, and internet access.  You can follow our progress by clicking the "Live Tracker" photo of the map in the top of the blog-  We hope you enjoy seeing photos and hearing about our work along the traverse.   As in previous years, we will cover a large portion of northeastern NPRA stopping at multiple stations along the way.  We start the snowmachine trip in Umiat, travel north all the way to the Arctic ocean coast, around Teshekpuk lake and eventually back to Umiat.  We camp and stay in a few established cabins/facilities along the way and the trip will end up being 4-600 miles depending on routes.

Snow cover and Logistics Camera Maintenance- Umiat Mountain