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)
Contents
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