2007 Spring Snow Machine Trip: Yukon River

This map shows the expedition's most recent positions. Click on the markers for more information. Blue markers are locations already visited, yellow markers indicate planned location.

Stay tuned to watch their progress in setting up the permafrost monitoring network. Also, check out their blog for details (link on left menu).

Note: green line does not indicate exact path traveled. The expedition is generally following the river. We hope to update the path with correct GPS coordinates upon their return.

EXTENT
  1. BLUE MINI START
    University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Departed Fairbanks at 6:30am March 4, 2007
  3. BLUE MINI
    ManleyManley Hot Springs: Arrived March 4. Drilled 12ft deep monitoring system at Gladys Dart School.

    Check out blog entries at www.uaf.edu/permafrost (click on BLOG)
  5. BLUE MINI
    Manley2TananaTanana: Arrived at Tanana March 5, 4pm. (Maudry J. Sommer School location)

    Check out blog entries at www.iarc.uaf.edu/expeditions/
  8. BLUE MINI
    Ruby Ruby: Arrived in Ruby just before sundown on March 6. No mishaps on the 120 mile leg, but battled a crosswind the whole way.

    Team is at the Merreline A. Kangas School.

    Check out blog entries at www.uaf.edu/permafrost (click on BLOG)
  10. BLUE MINI
    Galena: Tohru and Kenji arrived in Galena this afternoon.

    Temperatures are still cold at around -20°F. (Galena High School Location)

    They will leave tomorrow (March 8) for Koyukuk and Nulato.
  11. BLUE MINI
    Koyukuk: The team came through on March 8.

    (Koyukuk School)
  12. BLUE MINI
    Nulato: The team came through on March 8.
  13. BLUE MINI
    drilling ice Kaltag: Kenji and Tohru arrived safely in Kaltag in the afternoon, March 8. They will stay until the 10th and then head toward Shageluk.

    Check out blog entries at www.uaf.edu/permafrost (click on BLOG)
  17. BLUE MINI
    Shageluk Shageluk: Kenji and Tohru arrived safely in Shageluk on March 10th after a 165 mile leg of the journey. They plan to rest and drill tomorrow. On Monday, they will talk to kids at the Innoko River School before heading to their next destination.
    18. YELLOW MINI
    Grayling:

    (Grayling High School)
    YELLOW MINI
    Anvik:

    (IASD-Blackwell School)
  18. BLUE MINI
    Holy Cross Holy Cross: Kenji and Tohru arrived at 3:30pm March 12. The weather is sunny and feels relatively warm. Tomorrow they will head to Russian Mission.
  20. BLUE MINI
    Russian Mission School Russian Mission: Kenji and Tohru arrived around 3pm today (March 13) after 6 hours on a rough trail. They put in a monitoring site this afternoon (Russian Mission School).
  22. BLUE MINI
    To Marshal Marshall: The trail between Russian Mission and Marshal was rough again with lots of sand and ice. Kenji and Tohru will be leaving for Saint Mary March 15 for the conclusion of their expedition.

    Check out blog entries at www.uaf.edu/permafrost (click on BLOG)
    23. YELLOW MINI
    Pilot Station:

    (Pilot Station School)
  23. BLUE MINI
    St. Mary: Arrived in Saint Mary on the afternoon of March 15. The trail was better but with more branches in the river and little snow, it was hard to navigate and took additional travel time. Kenji and Tohru will stay until Saturday and then plan to return to Fairbanks. On Friday they will speak with teachers and students at Saint Mary Little School and will drill the final permafrost site.
  24. BLUE MINI OPEN END
    University of Alaska Fairbanks

    Returned to Fairbanks by air on Saturday March 17, 2007 - welcome home!
YELLOW MINI
Mountain Village:

(Mountain Village School)
YELLOW MINI
Emmonak:

(Emmonak School)

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