Well mid winter is here but it feels like spring sometimes! It has been a crazy year for weather just like last year. At least we have a bit more snow this year it seems. Or it could be that we have a little more snow a little earlier than last year. Whatever the case may be I have been running the trap line with Glenn hard! I go out to a part of the line 3 days a week (about a 30 mile loop) then we run the full line each weekend (about 110 miles). Getting all of the traps into the woods has been a huge task. We are mainly running sets for wolverine. We have a few marten and wolf sets but wolverines are what we are mainly targeting. Is has been a tough season for most trappers in our region. We have not been lucky enough to catch a wolverine or wolf yet but it is only a matter of time. Gotta keep my hopes up and not despair.
This season I've been able to use some new cool gadgets. My SPOT tracker is a really cool piece of technology. It uses satellites and allows me to check in throughout the day to say I'm ok via email. It also has the ability to send messages for help if I need it. A pretty cool pretty and handy device that gives me and my loved ones a piece of mind. The second piece of technology is a gps. I have gotten into the habit of marking every set so if we have a big storm and our tracks are covered i will still be able to find our sets.
Sam and I went into the big city (Anchorage) this month to see some Doctors. I saw a dentist and eye doctor. Much to my surprise I was fitted with a new pair of glasses. I was not too happy about it but I wear them at school where my students insist "they make me look more smart, like a nerd"......thanks I guess? For those of you who don't know Sam loves musicals. Westside story was playing at the preforming arts center in Anchorage while we were there so we went to see a show. This would be my first musical. I went along grudgingly. After the show we both agreed it was sub par performance. It was still fun to have a night out with a special lady.
We have been doing some cool things with the kids this winter. We took a few kids from Kiana to drill test holes for the ice road from Kiana to KOTZ. We drilled 11 holes between Kiana and Noorvik. Noorvik kids drilled from the mouth of the river to Noorvik. Then Kotzebue kids drilled the lake into Kotzebue. We had to drill holes, record them on GPS then record the ice depth. Each student had their own job, drill teams 1,2,3 and reclding team. We had a good time and did a great job.
I was able to spend a week in KOTZ for a CTE professional development conference. It was good go spend time with the other CTE teachers and Sam! I was also able to present at the conference. I presented the Rhion 3-D program and a 3-D printer. It was really cool to discuss this new technology and the possibilities of incorporating these technologies into our classrooms. I was also able to acquire 4 flight simulators for my classroom that the kids have gone gaga over! I wil, soon incorporate them into my classroom instruction.
Like I mentioned there have been a lot of wolves around this season. Unfortunately they are traveling in big smart packs. It's hard to trap a wolf out of a pack because the pack together is smart. But we have seen plenty of evidence of these packs like this moose kill we found up river. Unfortunately we found it too late and wolves were no longer feeding on it. Look at the carnage! Every rib is chewed off, only one , leg is still there, half the skull is gone, the wolves wasted NOTHING! If we would have found it a day earlier we could have set traps on it snd probably caught wolves. Oh well hopefully next time!
Hopefully you have enjoyed this blog post and will continue to check in on me and my greater northern adventures! Thanks for reading.
This season I've been able to use some new cool gadgets. My SPOT tracker is a really cool piece of technology. It uses satellites and allows me to check in throughout the day to say I'm ok via email. It also has the ability to send messages for help if I need it. A pretty cool pretty and handy device that gives me and my loved ones a piece of mind. The second piece of technology is a gps. I have gotten into the habit of marking every set so if we have a big storm and our tracks are covered i will still be able to find our sets.
Sam and I went into the big city (Anchorage) this month to see some Doctors. I saw a dentist and eye doctor. Much to my surprise I was fitted with a new pair of glasses. I was not too happy about it but I wear them at school where my students insist "they make me look more smart, like a nerd"......thanks I guess? For those of you who don't know Sam loves musicals. Westside story was playing at the preforming arts center in Anchorage while we were there so we went to see a show. This would be my first musical. I went along grudgingly. After the show we both agreed it was sub par performance. It was still fun to have a night out with a special lady.
We have been doing some cool things with the kids this winter. We took a few kids from Kiana to drill test holes for the ice road from Kiana to KOTZ. We drilled 11 holes between Kiana and Noorvik. Noorvik kids drilled from the mouth of the river to Noorvik. Then Kotzebue kids drilled the lake into Kotzebue. We had to drill holes, record them on GPS then record the ice depth. Each student had their own job, drill teams 1,2,3 and reclding team. We had a good time and did a great job.
I was able to spend a week in KOTZ for a CTE professional development conference. It was good go spend time with the other CTE teachers and Sam! I was also able to present at the conference. I presented the Rhion 3-D program and a 3-D printer. It was really cool to discuss this new technology and the possibilities of incorporating these technologies into our classrooms. I was also able to acquire 4 flight simulators for my classroom that the kids have gone gaga over! I wil, soon incorporate them into my classroom instruction.
Like I mentioned there have been a lot of wolves around this season. Unfortunately they are traveling in big smart packs. It's hard to trap a wolf out of a pack because the pack together is smart. But we have seen plenty of evidence of these packs like this moose kill we found up river. Unfortunately we found it too late and wolves were no longer feeding on it. Look at the carnage! Every rib is chewed off, only one , leg is still there, half the skull is gone, the wolves wasted NOTHING! If we would have found it a day earlier we could have set traps on it snd probably caught wolves. Oh well hopefully next time!
Hopefully you have enjoyed this blog post and will continue to check in on me and my greater northern adventures! Thanks for reading.
