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<p>It's been a <a title="Arctic Survival Challenge" href="http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ArcticSurvivalChallenge/">few years</a> since I survived on army rations in -36c, spent nights covered in ice, melting snow to drink, melting wood to burn, while keeping my eyelids from freezing together. <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong>Nothing beats waking up in the morning and thinking 'Am I still alive?'.... So I figured it was about time I dusted off the old arctic parka and did it all again but this time in a slightly colder and more dangerous environment in the name of science.</strong></span></p>
<p>'<em>Don't let out your inner vicar</em>' a recent TV consultant told me. So I won't go on about how many environmental challenges we all face (well at least that's what I think she meant!), instead I'm going to put words into action and head off to the Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Canada to undertake a bit of ice crystal classification mixed up with some snowpack and temperature measurements. <span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong> While I'm there braving temperatures around -50c and dodging Polar Bears, I thought I'd learn to knock up an igloo</strong></span>. Ahhh brings back those memories of living through the night wondering whether you'll suffocate from a collapsed roof of snow and ice. It warms the cockles of the heart :) I may even find a bit of time to play eye-spy in the snow woohoo!</p>
<p>If you do fancy reading up on the science you can do so <a title="Chilling warnings on receding permafrost" href="http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2006/May/02050601.asp">here</a>.</p>
<p>Better still if you fancy digging into your pocket for a few quid and supporting this expedition that would be great!</p>
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