I promised to put up a few pictures, so here they are:
And for the piece de resistance:
Pretty cool. And you should see all the micoflakes the students managed to get out of the matrix in the lab! Truly heroic effort on their parts.
Pictures from the Ipiutak structure
Out of Ice and Time 
Hopefully the students were nicely near-sighted!
I really appreciate your posts, the pictures, and the vivid descriptions of how the weather impacts your work.
Thanks and greetigns to Glenn