2019 NGEE Nome March Trip

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Trip Orientation Presentation

Shopping

  • bag for Arctic Oven floor mat & tarp
  • Larger ziplocks
  • backup scale
  • pruning shears
  • cheap knife
  • rubbing alcohol (maybe have some)
  • spare batteries for scales

To Do Yet

  • Restart trackers and update contacts
  • epoxy thaw probes
  • assemble data logger download kits
  • spare sensors kits
  • dry PT desiccant

To Do

2019 Packing list

  • Solid Fuel Hazmat
  1. Black Sport Tube
    1. 4 temperature probes
  2. Arctic Oven in cardboard box
  3. Large Black Duffle
    1. Extra Wind Tie Downs for AO
    2. Canvas Floor Mat for AO
    3. Ground Tarp for AO
  4. Magnaprobe Long Black Case
  5. Magnaprobe Yellow Pelican Case



  • Large Actionpacker
    • SC32B for Teller SW data download
    • 4 spare SR50A transducers
    • 3 spare HMP155 at/rh sensors
    • handheld radios for intra group comms (Using LANL radios this year)
    • 2 hand warmers
    • 2 blank fieldbooks
    • 3 head lamps
    • 4 quick tie downs for arctic oven
    • magnaprobe battery charger
    • climbing daisy chain
    • 2 orange dragging straps
    • 2 SR50A transducer
    • 2 SR50A whole unit
    • Compass
    • 2 pairs of spare snowshoes
    • 1 pair man uggs
    • 2 sled rudders
    • small set of tools:
      • 2 7/16" nut driver
      • 2 7/16" wrench
      • sharpie
      • csi phillips
      • csi flat
      • lg channel lock
      • orange tape


Carry On

  • toughbook for data downloads
  • Satellite Trackers
  • Satellite Phone
  • Magnaprobe batteries
  • serial cable & power cable for toughbook

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 nome
  • Rest of kit is in a large actionpacker that is inventoried in the shipping section.

Northern Air Cargo Shipment

  1. Magnaprobe Pelican case
  2. Magnaprobe Sensor (Long Skinny ABS Pipe)
  3. Clear SWE tube (shorter chubby ABS Pipe)
  4. Arctic Oven
    1. Poles packed separately
  5. Bob Busey Skis (Long Black Roller Case)
    1. Skis
    2. 1pair Polk Poles
    3. 8 Fiberglass Rods
  6. A Team Snow Survey Kit (small actionpacker)
  7. B Team Snow Survey Kit (Small actionpacker)
  8. Sleeping Bag Lg Actionpacker
    1. 1 Reg heavy Sleeping bag
    2. 1 long heavy sleeping bag
    3. 1 reg medium sleeping bag
    4. 1 long medium sleeping bag
    5. 3 drybags for helicopter sleeping bags
  9. Survival Camp Lg Actionpacker
    1. lg teapot
    2. cotton balls
    3. vaseline
    4. paracord
    5. sparker
    6. hatchet
    7. arctic oven wood stove
      1. chimney pieces
      2. oven
      3. flue
      4. spark arrestor
    8. 15 freeze dried meals
    9. 7 deadman anchors for arctic oven tent
    10. smoke alarm & batteries
    11. 4-5 tie downs for deadman kit
  10. Helicopter Safety Lg Actionpacker
    1. 5 Survival Bivy sacks
    2. Paracord
    3. survival stove (fuel is in UAF nome storage)
    4. nontoxic fire starter
    5. water treatment tablets
    6. camp saw
    7. survival kit in a can
    8. toe warmers
    9. tea pot
    10. 2 Helicopter Helmets (XL)
    11. 2 thermarest mattresses (I believe there are 3 more in UAF Nome Storage)
  11. Drybag w/ 2 pairs of snow shoes cable tied & bundled
  12. Drybag w/ 2 pairs of snow shoes cable tied & bundled
  13. drybag w/ winter clothes

LANL Shipments

  • Box 1
    • 3pcs Heavy Sleeping Bags
    • 20pcs Freeze Dried Meals
  • Box 2
    • 3pcs Helicopter Helmets
    • 3pcs Sleeping Pads
    • 3pcs Helicopter Sleeping Bags
  • Box 3
    • Sorel Boots
    • 2 Water Thermos
    • 2 Lg Drybags for survival camp
    • 2 packages of food
    • 1 pcs snow shoes
    • 40 pack of toe warmers
    • 40 pack of hand warmers

Campus and Not quite ready

Aurora Vehicle Reservation

  • 3/24 to 4/7 SUV
  • Reservation: R42309

General Snow Survey Gear

  • Team B Snow Survey Pruner in Bob Busey Toolbag in UAF Nome Storage
  • Steel shovels (nome Storage)
    • avalanche shovels... packed
  • 2x Snow density tube
    • Clear & NRCS Metric
  • Magnaprobe
  • Lots of labeled ziplocs
  • 2x * snow scale
  • one pager for fieldbooks on what to do
  • 4 pairs of snow shoes plus one pair of skis
    • (have 3 and one broken one)
  • 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
  • 2x metric folding tape
  •  ??2x Thermal Conductivity Probes


Itinerary

3/28

  • Bob Busey Arrive in Morning

3/29

  • Bob Busey Stage equipment
  • Lay out survival sling load
  • organize helicopter safety kit
  • look at getting into UAF storage and NGEE containers
  • Everyone else arrives at Noon
  • Everyone goes grocery shopping

3/30

  • Start Flying

3/27

Random

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