Entry Date: 23.10.2016, at 11:17:10 hrs (local)
Dutch Harbor - Seward
SuAn is hibernating
PRID: | 11196 |
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LegID: | 293 |
LegNo: | 50 |
Latitude: | N060°07.12' |
Longitude: | W149°25.84' |
Day#: | 589 |
Log (Leg): | 1397 nm |
Log (Total): | 34594 nm |
Similar to the bears, SuAn is hibernating. Her body temperature follows exactly the outside temperature. All her metabolic processes are reduced to zero. Body fluids are chemically changed in to a state where they cannot freeze. Since she could not find a cave big enough, she needs to be happy with a tailor made tent made from shrinking rap.
The crew follows rather the pattern of migrating birds and is flown back to their winter quarters in Germany.