Research Hut on the Arctic Tundra

 Today we spent the afternoon wiring up a research hut on the tundra.  “Hut” is kind of a misnomer.  It is actually a small construction trailer on skids that is put in place when there is snow.  The scientists use the building as a base camp during their daily research.  The building has electric for heat and light.  Bathroom facilities consist of a 5 gallon bucket and a bag that you take out with you at the end of the day. 
 Research Hut
Research Hut

Our goal for the day was to mount a weather station and multiple cameras on a hut.  In addition, we wanted all of these devices to collect data and feed it real-time back to the servers we installed earlier in the week at the BARC.  I will provide a more detailed explanation of the data communication systems that are in use in a later post.  The hut we went to was located Continue reading “Research Hut on the Arctic Tundra”