Staying "human"...

Today was another exciting day in the field. We did some more sampling and coring and we are finishing up the fieldwork and all of the data entry. As the expedition comes to a close I am thinking more and more about what an incredible experience this has been and all of the great people that I have been working with and for. As I was working in the forest I kept thinking about my students at ACE and the fact that they were doing a beach cleanup today. Just knowing that they are doing their part to preserve our ecosystem made me very proud.

As I learn more about the Inuit people I am trying to take their philosophy to heart. I keep coming across the Inuksuk. Inuksuit have been built be the Inuit people for thousands of years and mean "to act in the capacity of a human". In many ways my experience here in Churchill has allowed me to reconnect with nature and be as "human" as possible. Hopefully my students in Brooklyn had a similar experience today.