Today a medal was awarded to each of the main organizers of the workshop by the Minister/Secretary of Earth Sciences for Russia, and some toasts were offered by everyone in the group. This was such a supreme effort by so many, so there was a lot to toast! Some toasts: to each of the organizers for all their work, to each of us for contributing our knowledge, work, and enthusiasm, and to the Earth, for taking care of all of us. Part of my toast included acknowledgement for documenting things on the blog and on video/photo, and a note on how “brave” I was for “being outside without my hat on sometimes!”
One of the KGB workshop's organizers from the International Arctic Research Center in Alaska, receiving a medal for his work. Well-deserved!
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