This is a photo album for the Living on the Edge field course that was taught in June and July 2007 in Alaska. This is a field course that investigates geologic hazards in the field and it is run out of the geology Department at Union College in Schenectady NY.  If you want to see the original travel blog from this course, go here.  
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Photos
Kelly rests on the Birch Creek schist, Savage River
Amanda fishing on the Buskin River, Kodiak
Moose and calfs near Homer
Karen with a Red Salmon on Kodiak
Sarah digging Tsunami deposits on Kodiak
Gary and Jon think about bears and tsunami deposits
A brief pause for some fishing, Kodiak
Rose and Amanda, early morning fishing
Our first day, still clean, Kenai River
Lecture on the Childs Glacier
Amanda looks out at the Sheridan Glacier
Worthington Glacier
Amanda poses with turbidites on Kodiak
Kelly examines Lake Ahtna Beds
Squirrel creek, with lake Ahtna beds in distance
Copper Center
Grizzly Lake
Skookum Volcano, Wrangel Mountains
Sam on the Pipeline
Brittany and Kelly look at split tree from 2002 EQ
On the Pipe
Amanda explains the history of the pipeline
Brittany and Rose in Central Alaska Range
Amanda and Jackie, near Healy
Group on the pipe
Sam on Castner glacier
Sarah, Denali National Park
Savage River Hike, Denali National Park
Karen and Amanda, Castner Glacier
Team Alaska, Denali
Castner Glacier
On the Teflon Skid, Pipeline
Old Vladez
Squirrel Creek, and Lake Ahtna beds
Amanda and Rose, Savage River
Gary at Narrow Cape
Gary explains active faults on Narrow Cape
Jackie and uplifted barnacle line, Hartney Bay
Sam on warning, Exit glacier
Jon, Denali National Park
Hiking on Childs Glacier and Million dollar bridge
Newly fixed Million dollar bridge, Cordova
 
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August 2007