In a place far far away….

Cold. That is what describes my first impression of the island the most. There is still snow on the ground here in certain areas. We all soon learned how to keep warm though, dressing better and insulating against the constant moisture that seeps into your skin. The cold was hardly noticed however in the following days as we started doing the activities that we came to the camp to do. We soon began our fisheries class, getting down and dirty with four dead fish by cutting them into several pieces to further our knowledge of their internal and external systems. Anthropology ended up being my favorite subject because it relates to how humans interact with one another. Soon we were hiking all over the place getting wet and yucky, though for a good purpose: saving the world one fish scale at a time. This involved taking scale samples of the dolly varden for further study. For the most part I have ended up being wet. On one of the first days I decided to go swimming and that was mildly cold, though I do not think it was as cold as others think it is. I then got wet in my hip waders and randomly at other times. It is really hard to get your clothes dry at times. Other then that I have been going through my classes and getting everything done. Then I finish out my day and go to bed. That is the island life for you.:p

Birdica

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