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In Grand Rapids… thinking about Barrow (among other things)

Archive for July 12, 2008

Checking in with the morning report:

Julian Day: 193

Weeks in Barrow so far: 4

Weeks left in Barrow: 6 (not enough!)

Postcards sent: 29

Point frames done: 8

Point frames left: 88

Biomass plots done: 6

Biomass plots left: 18

Number of gallon size Ziploc bags we filled with tundra today: 20

Hours it will take to sort 20 gallons of tundra by species: 1 billion

Number of showers taken: 8 :)

Number of airplane rides: 12

Trips to Atqasuk: 3

Words of the day so far: myriad, plethora, cacophony, quintessential

Words of Tagalog Jean taught me: 2

Times we went out to Osaka: umpteen

Number of keys to the lab: 1

Number of doors to the lab: 2

Number of people who use the lab: 4

Number of keys to the lab cupboards, all of which are the same: 26

Number of locks on the cupboards: 13

Number of photo albums so far: 2 (the first one) and (the second one)