Churchill was nice and warm and sunny today. I spent the morning learning to use the equipment that we will be using to collect the data. This included GPS, a hand held data collector called an iPAQ, a tree corer (drill a hole in a tree to tell how old it is and how much it has grown each year) and other stuff. Then we went out in the field and practiced. We only went around the back of the building but the girl who works here had to go with us with her shotgun. We call her , "the girl with the gun". That was in case there was a bear, but we didn't see any.
The work we are doing is going to be hard work. We have to measure the tiny little seedlings of white spruce and collect all kinds of info on them. Tomorrow we go out and do it for real.
2 comments:
Sounds really fun and interesting Ms. Walker. It must have been scary to know that there could have been a bear.
Dominic Dominguez
dear ms.walker,
i hope u are having a good time in Churchill Canada. i think it sucks that u might not get to see a polar bear. i also been hoping that u will do good on all the tasks u have to do.
sincerely
Jose penaloza
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