Adak and fog

Here I am on Adak Isand in the Central Aleutians doing archaeology - what fun. I am not used to having the ability to log onto the internet and blog, since we usually are in remote places, but this is quite a civilized island with an infrastructure of roads and buildings left by the Navy and currently used by native Aleuts and others for fish/crab processing out here in the more remote corners of the Bering Sea. Dutch Harbor, made famous by the deadliest catch on the Discovery channel, is far to the east.

I am here with Dixie West and the Central Aleutian Archaeological and Paleobiological Project (CAAPP) and we are excavating a site discovered in 1999. Our team includes 3 professional archaeologists, 5 undergraduate students and 2 fishermen who fish these waters who volunteered and are taking there vacation helping us.

We have been out 2 days and are already encountering the remains of clams, cockles, mussels, sea lion, seal, and several kinds of fish and birds. and possibly some whale.

It is very cold and rainy and I am wearing 3-4 layers of fleece with a top layer of rubber to keep the rain off. It makes it very hard to take notes in the rain.

Well, I only have a wee bit of time to write, so I will try again another day