Arctic Sunrise -2008, Ilisagvik College - Barrow, Alaska - Dave Grant, Brookdale Ocean Institute, Sandy Hook, NJ 07732

Arctic Sunrise -2008
Dave Grant, Ocean Institute, Sandy Hook, NJ 07732
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Images from participants whose camera batteries did not fail in sub-zero weather.
Barrow is the northernmost point in the U.S.	As the shorebird flies, Barrow is 3,500 miles from Sandy Hook.
Aerial image of Barrow's coast.	Moonrise during a snow storm upon our arrival at Barrow's Wiley Post airport. (Minus 15 degrees)
Dressing for the weather: Minimum five layers.	Success: The Whaler's Arch in Winter. View the Arch in Summer.
Scientists' Hotel at BASC	Campus area (WWII Quonset huts)

In case you don't recognize it after 83 days of darkness, THAT is the sun!	We break at 1:06 PM, on Wednesday January 23rd for the first sunrise of the year!
Ice training for travel by "machine" (Snowmobile) and sled.	On the shore ice (3-feet thick)

Offshore on the ice pack.	A coveted Ilisagvik shirt received as a gift from the college staff.
"NASA Mike's" rover in the classroom	The rover on ice.
	(Left) At the outreach to local schools, a local family poses for the rover's scanner. (Below) The rover takes a few minutes, then processes an image of the group.
The rover scans the field of view.
Where's Waldo? Can you pick out Dave?

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Arctic weather TODAY
Polar Gateways Conference January 2008
To continue on to Arctic Canada and Greenland, click the images below.

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