Quarantine is over halfway done for group 3 and it’s been very productive!

Yesterday we did some more team bonding and total station practice, this time setting up the total station and taking various points throughout the lawn of Sophie’s Station. After that we decided to take the afternoon off and go on a walk to the University of Fairbanks which was about 2 miles away. We walked around outside campus, went to a botanical garden, and even saw Denali park mountains in the distance which was very cool! After our long walk we did some more team bonding by ordering Thai food and Elizabeth locked herself out of her hotel room (again) hahah. 

Today we took our scheduled at-home covid tests and then started the day with a couple hours of data analysis. Emma and I (Chris) are working on the isotope data and Elizabeth and Nate are making lots of progress on the total station plotting. Emma finalized a list of what streams we plan on visiting based on the other groups input and we all went over the measurement plan in detail. After that the group met outside to do team bonding. Today we painted our nails as a and sat in a circle while we talked about grad school, research, and river rafting. After our nails dried Ellie led a leadership and feedback activity which were designed to help us get a better understanding of one another when working together. She then taught us how to rescue someone from a river using a throw bag and we practiced that. Later on Elizabeth made us brownies (yummy yummy) and we worked on our own stuff the rest of the day.

Overall we’re all getting very excited for the field and things are starting to come together!