Step 2: Select attire for day’s activities.
Step 3: Go to Dining Hall for communal breakfast.
Step 4: Load onto vehicle and prepare for a rough ride.
Step 5: Travel down rough roads for approximately half an hour.
Step 6: Arrive at destination.
Step 7: Explore surrounding area to locate ideal research zone.
Step 8: Cordon off a 2x2 square and identify all vegetation in the area.
Step 9: Return to bus with results and return to center for refuelling.
Step 10: Get back onto the bus and sing Hotel California to next location.
Step 11: Repeat steps 4-9 at boreal forest.
Step 12: Work with partner to answer required paperwork for the assignment.
Step 13: Return to Dining Hall for refuelling.
Step 14: Get briefing on Dene culture and view multiple aboriginal beaded art and tools.
Step 15: Return to sleeping quarters and locate portable computer and start on blog.
Step 16: Complete daily log (journal)
Step 17: Lights out.
After a full day in Churchill, we hope that this guide has helped you survive a day here. We are having a blast exploring the wilderness while getting a feel of the culture around here. The lab that we did today allowed us to see two different environments near our center: a burned forest and a boreal forest. All of us were shocked at how many different specimens of vegetation that were growing and surviving, even in the most remote of places. We truly got a chance to feel like real researchers as we carefully documented and described each plant that we saw. We used the knowledge from previous days to use our GPS’ to trace our exact location. Despite facing some challenges (such as pesky mosquitoes!!), our awesome bug jackets and repellent helped keep us (mostly) bug bite-free.
We also had a Dene guest speaker, Carol Bjorkland, come to talk to us after dinner. She shared her experiences about her childhood and how she has overcome massive difficulties in her lifetime. Her collection of carefully made moccasins, tools, stories and all parts of the caribou allowed us to see, feel, and read about her history. The best part was how she was willing to recount to all of us her story—and we all lent an ear to listen to her.
Both of us hope that we continue to have a super-amazing, PSA-filled time here for the rest of our Churchill experience.
Chris and Valerie
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