Tue
13
Apr '10
Archive for the ‘Outdoors’ Category
Fri
2
Apr '10
Today is good Friday, so I got ready for church as usual. Well, maybe not quite as usual! I got out my scooter suit, maps, avalanche beacon, and rifle before heading out for the day! Evind, Jone, Seljie, and I went 40 km by scooter to a place called Vindodden. In Norwegian, Vindodden means “Wind [...]
Sun
28
Mar '10
During the past week, our class spent each day operating the European Incoherent SCATter radar on Svalbard. This instrument measures parameters of the upper atmosphere. We also got to visit SPEAR and run a coordinated experiment with them. SPEAR is an ionospheric heating facility, designed to excite wave and instabilities in the upper atmosphere.
Sun
28
Mar '10
A few of my friends made this ski jump on the road just below mine 2! We found a few shipping palettes to burn in a bonfire and spent the night flying through the air.
Sun
21
Feb '10
Jone, Elin, Eirin, Ingie and I went on a weekend trip to this rustic Russian cabin near Barentsburg… talk about deluxe accommodations! The cabin could actually be made very warm with the coal stove inside (perhaps a little too warm), and we had a great time!