| Getting to the Site
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Around 2400 miles from Ann Arbor: the
beginning of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek, BC
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1500 miles later: the beginning
of the pipeline Haul Road north of Fairbanks, AK.
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Only 200 miles remaining
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Day 1 at the Rebex 3 site: we
learn the true meaning of parking signs on the North Slope
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| Arrival and Setup
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Day 1 at the Rebex 3 site: a
local resident greets us
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Shane hard at work trenching
our 1000-foot "extension cord"
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A road grader makes Shane's
life a lot easier.
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| During the Experiment
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First real snow at the site:
early September, 1994
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Late October, 1994: Ed clearing
snow from the pyranometer
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January, 1995
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May, 1995: just after local
snowmelt
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Haul Road looking north. Sag
River DOT camp is at far right. Rebex 3 site is in the center
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Life in the field: lunch time.
Note radiotelephone antenna.
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Inside the TMRS control trailer
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Life in the field: Polar Ice
Coring Office's Happy Valley camp.
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Tire score: Haul Road 2, TMRS
0.
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Tire score: Haul Road 3, TMRS
0. Real field vehicles don't bother with the rubber coating on steel-belted
tires. Sears pays up after 3 weeks.
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The coldest stuff in Prudhoe
Bay: liquid nitrogen for radiometer calibrations.
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Road hazards: flooding and washouts
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Road hazards: caribou
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Road hazards: bush planes
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Road hazards: a wall of fog
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Wintertime on the North Slope
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Atigun pass, Brooks Range
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| Miscellaneous
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Aerial view of Rebex3 site &
vicinity from ~20,000 feet
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Wintertime on the North Slope
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Somewhere along the Haul Road.
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Fairbanks area.
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North Slope resident
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A rare cloud-free view of the
Great One, Denali.
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