ACE Arctic Validation Campaign
Daily Life at AStrO - February 21-22

We spend a lot of time dressing to go outside (which becomes faster each day).
Keeyoon outside
Frosted Tobias
Vestibule at the Weather Station
Hongjiang all bundled up
Clive in Arctic gear

The SPS suntracker only operates in manual mode
Hongjiang's suntracker

Relaxing at the weather station - getting ready for Movie Night
The Richards
Richard M. has the remote controls
The assembled crew

The food at the Weather Station is great!
The Richards and Keith from outside the kitchen window
Mmmm... cherry chocolate cake
Keith anticipating dessert
Hongjiang heating up her lunch

Getting the DOAS prepared and installed in its plywood and plexiglas "dome"
Beautifying (weatherproofing) the plywood for the new "dome"
Eureka beautification fashion wear
Annemarie in the dome
Keith hanging from the ceiling (to install the DOAS on its platform)
Attaching the "dome" window
Annemarie, Keith and Kaley determining if the silicone sealant on the "dome" is dry
Roof hatch blues - Annemarie with the east lab hatch
"If we get the orientation just right..."
Levelling the DOAS on the hatch platform
The "dome" installed on the roof hatch

Life in the FTS lab
Are you laughing or crying Kaley?
Richard works on both of his computers
"Tobias don't take my picture!  We're busy!"

The best part of Keith's job
Maintaining the sump pump