Valdez Glacier

Date: June 14, 2012
Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Weather: Cloudy with Shower, a gloomy sky, Breeze

Star Moss—Tortula ruralis

Sitka Alder—Alunus sinuata

Scouler’s Willow—Salix scouleriana

Eskimo Potato—Hedysarum alpinum

Common Fireweed—Epilobium angustifolium

Northern Yarrow—Achillea borealis

Kamchatka Rockcress—Arabis lyrata

Sitka Willow—Salix sitchensis

Hooker’s Willow—Salix hookeriana

Common Dandelion—Taraxacum officinale

 It was my second time to see any glaciers at close range. It’s just amazing that the area, where used to be covered glacier ice at ancient times, is now a huge home to many organisms. I really wanted to see Valdez Glacier as once used to be, but I felt like how much happy I am to be here while I appreciated their tiny wonderful world in a vast land of Alaska. It’s surely informative thing to realize that there is a life exactly the same as we have and to learn their power to survive. I had a great time and enjoyed our first field trip!