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Those were the first steps on a summer-long trip across Alaska. In a few days, I will begin to retrace those steps.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/28/revisiting-dream-20-years-later/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <br class="clearfloat"/> <div class="post entry" id="post-20320"> <p class="date"> April 20, 2017 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/20/tundra-swans-take-two-distinct-paths-to-alaska/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Tundra swans take two distinct paths to Alaska"> Tundra swans take two distinct paths to Alaska </a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/20/tundra-swans-take-two-distinct-paths-to-alaska/" title="Tundra swans take two distinct paths to Alaska"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053im_/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/files/2017/04/swans-2-300x198.jpg" alt="Tundra swans take two distinct paths to Alaska" class="landscape thumbnail medium alignleft" width="300" height="198" itemprop="image"/></a> <p>Both the East and West Coast tundra swans spend the majority of their lives migrating. Based on information from the satellite trackers, the bird I saw might have left the Central Valley of California in late January. From there, it looped across Oregon and Washington, maybe northern Utah, on its way to the prairie in Canada. Then it flew over northern British Columbia and back to Alaska.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/20/tundra-swans-take-two-distinct-paths-to-alaska/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <br class="clearfloat"/> <div class="post entry" id="post-20263"> <p class="date"> April 14, 2017 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/14/pleistocene-park-experiment-adventure/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Pleistocene Park an experiment in adventure"> Pleistocene Park an experiment in adventure </a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/14/pleistocene-park-experiment-adventure/" title="Pleistocene Park an experiment in adventure"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053im_/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/files/2017/04/Colin-Edgar-reindeer-300x200.jpg" alt="Pleistocene Park an experiment in adventure" class="landscape thumbnail medium alignright" width="300" height="200" itemprop="image"/></a> <p>More than 700 donors believe in an attempt to recreate the ice age in Siberia. The operators of Pleistocene Park have raised more than $100,000 in a crowdfunding effort to bring bison and yaks to eastern Russia. The creators think the animals will help convert tundra to ancient grasslands that will slow global warming.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/14/pleistocene-park-experiment-adventure/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <br class="clearfloat"/> <div class="post entry" id="post-20230"> <p class="date"> April 10, 2017 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/10/turning-field-work-field-play/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Turning Field Work into Field Play"> Turning Field Work into Field Play </a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/10/turning-field-work-field-play/" title="Turning Field Work into Field Play"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053im_/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/files/2017/04/p3281328-e1491593449443-300x242.jpg" alt="Turning Field Work into Field Play" class="landscape thumbnail medium alignleft" width="300" height="242" itemprop="image"/></a> <p>Field work is basically made from these ingredients: stressful planning, packing hassles, long flights, inevitable food poisoning, sunburn, monotonous days, and lots and lots of fun!</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/10/turning-field-work-field-play/" class="more">Read More <span class="more-arrow">>></span></a></p> <br class="clearfloat"/> </div> <br class="clearfloat"/> <div class="post entry" id="post-20188"> <p class="date"> April 7, 2017 </p> <h3 class="posttitle"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/07/life-returning-island-destroyed-eruption/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Life returning to island destroyed by eruption"> Life returning to island destroyed by eruption </a></h3> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/2017/04/07/life-returning-island-destroyed-eruption/" title="Life returning to island destroyed by eruption"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170429153053im_/http://blogs.agu.org/thefield/files/2017/04/2.-auklets-on-rocks-200x300.jpg" alt="Life returning to island destroyed by eruption" class="portrait thumbnail medium alignright" width="200" height="300" itemprop="image"/></a> <p>Nine years after it erupted, Kasatochi Island is just beginning to resemble its neighbors.</p> <p>Kasatochi is a speck in the middle of the Aleutian chain between Dutch Harbor and Adak, about 75 miles east of the latter. The volcanic island had no modern history of erupting until August 2008. 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