Korrine Winnie

Doug (The Wilderness Man) The morning of the second day in Alaska, we had time to explore Palmer doing whatever we wanted. After my group stopped at Subway, we all decided to go check out the superma...

Alexandra Egnatuk – Day 2

Day 2 Alexandra Egnatuk Last night we slept in the tents and Ishtar woke us up at around 8 a.m. to eat breakfast: juice, milk, and bagels. After breakfast we had time to call our parents and tell our...

Derry Kramer – Day 1

Day 1 Derry Kramer Starting to pack at 6:30 p.m. the night before a trip that’s three weeks long? Not good. Especially when you’ve never flown nor left on a long trip before. Right up to ...

Mackenzie Horn Day 2

Day 2 Mackenzie Horn Where the Journey Begins This is Day 2 of our Alaskan adventure. It’s been fondly named “Van Day” by everyone, well maybe just me. This day is essentially the start of our ...

Nutrition

June 14th Breakfast: N/A Lunch: subway sandwiches, chips, lemonade Dinner: pulled pork, chips, coleslaw and carrot sticks, lemonade June 15th Breakfast: bagels, juice/milk Lunch: grilled cheese, toma...

Josie Croce

As my group was sampling bacon at a Sam’s Club in Anchorage, I came across a young employee, 21 year old, Kier. From the moment he struck up a conversation with me, I knew he would be the perfe...

Mike Sitar Day 2

Day 2 Mike Sitar For my first time sleeping in a tent it went extremely well, I didn’t get wet and had little trouble falling asleep. To top it all off I got a really fun tent assignment, we call o...

June 15: Palmer, AK

Today’s data from the science committee: Time: 9:05 pm Latitude/Longitude: 61* 35′/149* 06′ Elevation: 238ft Sunrise/Sunset: 4:10 am/11:41 pm Temperature: 60* Skies: Partly sunny, c...