An Average Morning of Fieldwork Along the Panama Canal
by Evan Whiting
Ever wonder what an average morning of fieldwork along the Panama Canal is like for a PCP PIRE intern? Well, here’s a photo-documented account of just that…
Between 4:30 and 5:00 AM (Wake up, eat breakfast, and get dressed in field clothes)
5:45 AM (Walk up to STRI-CTPA and load field gear into STRI truck)
6:00 AM (Depart for the Panama Canal in STRI truck)
6:45(ish) AM (Arrive at first field site along the Panama Canal and start working)
10:00(ish) AM (Pack up and head to another locality along the canal)
12:00 PM (Pack up and head home in STRI truck)
12:30(ish) PM (Arrive back at apartment; eat lunch, take a cold shower, and change into clean clothes before heading back up to STRI-CTPA to prepare and catalog fossils, work on research projects, etc. for the rest of the work day)