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Chris W 64.9N
@borealchrys.bsky.social
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Arctic and polar science. Geospatial data science. Remote sensing. Wildfire, ice, and hazards in the high northern latitudes. All posts & opinions are mine. Not speaking for anyone.

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Reporting from Two Rivers, AK - first time voting since getting naturalized (borough assembly and school board seats).
A round sticker in dark red, white, dark blue with the text VOTE LOCAL, I VOTED! and OUR TOWN YOUR VOTE and the Alaska flag with a golden star marking the location of the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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10th #fnsbtrails challenge sign in the bag. This was an easy urban one but i still managed to walk 2mi/3km.
A sign indicating it's part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough 2025 summer trails challenge, at dusk, affixed to a white spruce tree in front of an autumn meadow and a parking lot.
September 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Spent the day outdoors with two friends and radio equipment helping with an activity that goes by the unlikely label “activating a summit”. The credit goes to KL0D and KL4LJ, but I had a great time and got to examine the 2021 Munson Creek fire scar Also, berries. So many berries. #sota
A man and a woman sitting cross-legged in AK alpine tundra in front of dead and live trees and looking at small electronic equipment. In the foreground a pink wire antenna suspended at a hiking pole. A post-fire landscape of burned black spruce, regrowing shrubs and a lot of fireweed in bloom. A young man in a white sweatshirt in an alpine meadow with mountains and clouds in the background
July 21, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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It's a sad day today. Our lovely Boe died in his sleep last night. He was a good dog - big, sturdy, enthusiastic, and kind - and gave the best kisses. I can't believe he was the first among the seven siblings to go. We'll miss him terribly. (Photo by Melinda)
Photo of a majestic black Siberian Husky looking straight at the camera with green blurry vegetation in the background. Text says "The Face of Boe, 2013-2025"
July 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Fire information board in front of Fred Meyer West in Fairbanks. It’s quite well made QR codes to the best official blog-style site and to road traffic status, a map, burn and fireworks ban reminders, evacuation resources and an infographic about fires ecological role #alaskasky #akfire
A square(ish) plywood board with a title banner saying FIRE INFORMATION in red lettering and pinned to it various paper sheets with information as well as a printed map of Fairbanks and the active fires currently burning in the region.
July 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I think what's really emblematic of the level of ignorance here is this paragraph. He knew so little about government that he didn't know contract data is available publicly. He could have had a CSV file.
Lavingia's system also used AI to extract details like the contract number and "total contract value." This led to avoidable errors, where AI returned the wrong dollar value when multiple were found in a contract. Experts said the correct information was readily available from public databases.
June 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Just done with raking dry grass...
Screenshot from our home weather station showing 65.2 F five minutes ago.
June 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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I drove home late tonight and got to enjoy a (last?) aurora display. Nights are already getting bright, and to my left, in the north(-east), the sky was flooded with light from the sun just below the horizon.
A road at night, with a medium blue sky, spruce tree silhouettes to both sides, and the aurora borealis stretching across.
May 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Tripod is out! One day earlier than our forecast.
April 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Breakup slowly advancing on the middle Chena River #alaskasjy
A river covered with partial ice, partial open water with spruce trees and snow on the banks A river covered with partial ice, partial open water with spruce trees and snow on the banks and a small back husky on a leash in the foreground
April 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Dinner in Boulder. I'm at #assw Arctic Science Summit Week. Great conference.
Seeweed salad and a mysterious pot with forget me not decoration (containing chicken soup).
March 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Great energy at the (northernmost?) #standforscience rally in Fairbanks, AK. 🧪
Woman with sign saying Evidence Based Rage surrounded by other people with signs at a snowy intersection Man with sign saying No science No Beer surrounded by other people with signs at a snowy intersection people with signs at a snowy intersection
March 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Look up, Fairbanks! #alaskasky
Bright green northern lights over a snowy road
March 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Today in winter break adventures: Made Hanukkah-appropriate latkes. Put knitted sweater back on needles for rip repair. And consider ourselves super lucky for having opted for emergency surgery last Sat for one naughty Siberian husky, who had the remnants of a cycling glove in her small intestine.
grey Siberian husky looking perky photographed through a glass door
December 27, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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Maybe a liiiiitle flattering?
My Blueskyroast AI assessment labeling me as the "Arctic sage of social media" ROTFL
December 4, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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Show me a picture, new or old, of #AlaskaSky

View from my workplace in Fairbanks at dusk a few days ago.
snowy clear sky landscape at dusk with a parking lot and buildings in the foreground, the taiga in the Tanana Flats in the middle, and the Alaska Range along the horizon.
November 22, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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Two of them, Oops and Madame Vastra.
A grey Siberian husky caught in a bar stool but looking happy. A smiling,small datlrk brown Siberian husky sitting on an autumn trail.
November 18, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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Before Saturday runs out, a bit about relaxing projects. Some recently finished #knitting projects to address the baby boom at our institute. Plus a gift.
Two hand-knitted hats in brown and green tones, toddler and child size. Baby-sized knitted hat with ear flaps. Colorway is called sockeye. A long, thin knitted neck scarf in dark blue with a diagonal pattern.
November 17, 2024 at 4:55 AM
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Oops, one of our crew, says Good Night, Bluesky.
A pretty, grey Siberian husky lying in a relaxed pose on her side on an indoor floor and throwing a shadow in a winter sunbeam.
November 16, 2024 at 5:23 AM
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Ft Myers, FL, storm surge from Helene and Milton. Source: tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/inundationdb...

You can explore other tidal gaging stations there. 🧪
Graph from tidal gage in Ft Myers, FL. The curve shows the normal tidal up and down with a huge spike on 9/27 and another one of the same height, a bit narrower on 10/10.
October 11, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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Drop something blue from your gallery.
Blue sky and a blue lake in Alaska in May
August 18, 2024 at 11:07 PM
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Early 80s. Me on the right (my brother on the left).
Two tween children in the early 80s, sitting on a rock probably during a family hike, against a white overcast sky. Clad in jeans and polo shirts (one short, one long sleeved).
August 7, 2024 at 9:13 PM