Category: MacKenzie Mountains, Earthwatch 2024

Well, another Earthwatch trip has come to an end.  We had another rest day on Monday (and if I’m being honest, we needed it, because maybe we all (except one!) got sick at some point during the expedition – with…

Of the two days left (Sunday and Monday), we decided that Sunday would have less rain.  Two sites would be surveyed, each with two palsas to probe:  Dale Creek 2 and Dale Creek 6 (DC2 and DC6) was about an…

We are the most efficient crew around!  Today was moving day from Dechenla lodge to Camp 222.   On the way to Camp 222 is the site called Hare Foot, so what is traditionally done is to pack everything up, drive…

So our 4th day of data collection was at a site called Bushwack, and man, it was not fun, for several reasons: 1.  It was an hour drive each way on the Canol trail, which is normally not a huge…

For the map above, it shows the NWT part of the Canol Trail, and we are in the bottom left corner:  we are 10 miles NE from milepost 222 (which is, by the way, where the prop plane dropped us…

Today was a double data gathering day:  Snow Fence for permafrost probing, and then Global tree plots (G-tree) behind the lodge (DLN and DLS).  Last night, we went to sleep to this: Unfortunately, we woke up to this So after…

Pipeline Plateau Our second day of permafrost probing was at the Pipeline Plateau site.  At this site, there were 9 lines of markers, and they intersected each other – with a total of over 200 sites to probe So we…

First, before describing our first day of data gathering, I managed to upload the video of us driving up to Dechalan Lodge, while literally IN THE RIVER….enjoy! IMG_3416   Okay, so the first day of data collecting!  Steve Mamet, the…

So I have traveled for two days to get to the research site (Dechenla Lodge in NW Territories of Canada).  The first day involved commercial airplanes, and then the second day involved the prop plane.  Some amazing views, mountains like…

Abby immediately sent me a video of the blood under the microscope from that day ❤️🔬   IMG_0895