Update: UAF scientists on Mount McKinley

Submitted by Amy Hartley
Phone: (907) 474-5823
06/22/04

A team of scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the International Arctic Research Center are currently climbing to the 19,000 foot level of Mount McKinley to replace a broken electronic weather station. An earlier news release about this expedition is located at www.uaf.edu/news/news/20040609105352.html.

As daily updates are received from the climbers via cell phone or radio telephone, current information about the expedition’s progress can be found at http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/mt_mckinley.php.

Contact: Tohru Saito, IARC Administrative Assistant, (907) 474-1544; Kevin Abnett, GI Electronics Shop Supervisor, (907) 474-7283; Amy Hartley, IARC/GI Information Officer, (907) 474-5823.