Andy and I arrived in Barrow on the morning flight to overcast skies and some freezing rain. We made our way to BASC where we organized our equipment for installing the webcam and firing up the radar. It was actually quite nice not worrying about getting snowmobiles, sleds and gear for going out onto the ice.
When we finally made it to the ASRC building on which the radar and webcam were mounted, we realized that the radar wasn’t compatible with a USB keyboard or DVI monitor and required a PS/2 splitter in order to use a mouse, so we had to scrounge up some older components and have the Sea Ice crew in Fairbanks goldstreak us a splitter. Finally, with all the proper equipment we were able to actually get the radar turning and show us some data. Unfortunately, remote login to the system proved impossible.
