2018 NGEE Nome March Trip

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Just a skeleton of a beginning but wanted a place to collect scraps of ideas etc. (2/13/2018 copied and pasted from 2017)

To Do Yet

  • Finalize Helicopter Safety Plan
  • Repeat from 2017: Decide if PDF Maps is worth it or if an alternative is better yet

To Purchase

  • fieldbooks
  • dura flame logs
  • ziplocs?


3 person Helicopter Safety Gear

  • UAF Nome Storage
    • one 3 person tent
    • 2 solid fuel cooking stoves in UAF Nome Storage
    • 3x sleeping pad in fairbanks
  • UAF Fairbanks Storage
    • 5-6 emergency bivys (2 two person units) (UAF Fairbanks Storage
    • 2x cook pot
    • 2x firestarter in fairbanks for shipping
    • 2x same for sparkers
  • 2x sleeping bags in uaf storage
  • 1x long sleeping bag in fairbanks for shipping
  • 1x wood saw in fairbanks for shipping
  • 1x wood hatchet in fairbanks for shipping

Shipping

First Shipment

Second Shipment

Campus and Not quite ready

  • final walk through of office

Things to ship

  • large actionpacker with snow survey supplies
  • Most likely Bob's trip gear
  • battery charger


Aurora Vehicle Reservation

  • 3/xx to 4/XX SUV
  • Reservation: XXXX (Bob Bolton has)

General Snow Survey Gear

  • shovels (nome Storage)
  • 2x Thermal Conductivity Probes
  • 2x Snow density tube
  • Going AK Air 1x magnaprobe
  • Lots of labeled ziplocs
  • 2x * snow scale
  • short power point on snow survey techniques
  • one pager for fieldbooks on what to do
  • 4 pairs of snow shoes plus one pair of skis
  • small sled (can haul out by snowmachine on the 21st and leave for our use the rest of the time)
  • small actionpacker
  • satellite phone
  • satellite tracker
  • 2x avalanche probes

Cameras

  • pole?

To Purchase yet

  • ziplocs

Big Logistics

  • Waiting on final approval for tent borrow

Itinerary

Out of data for 2018

3/20

3/21

3/22

3/23

  • Begin snow surveys in Teller
  • Proceed from site to site


Random

  • download station data at three loggers in Teller
  • download station data at NGEE-Kougarok site