Arctic field season, probably

[jay]

It looks increasingly like I'll be doing some more fieldwork on Devon Island (76N, 90W) this July -- my travel orders have gone to NASA Headquarters for review, and we just resolved (in a telecon) the necessary technical collaborations.

Target dates are currently:
7/16 leave San Francisco, overnight in Edmonton (Wednesday dinner?)
7/17 Edmonton to Resolute (via Yellowknife and Cambridge Bay)
7/18 Resolute to Devon Island (chartered Twin Otter)

7/26 Devon Is. to Resolute to Edmonton (Saturday dinner?)
7/27 Edmonton (Sunday brunch?) to San Francisco

7/26 should be interesting travel-wise, that's 4 hops in one day (Twin Otter, Beech 1900, and two combi 737s)

This summer, I'm going to do more field geology site surveys with the Hamilton-Sundstrand spacesuit folks, adding data points to last summer's work.

Comments

[sonicsuperslide.livejournal.com]

brian....i am intrested in what you do! let me know if you ever need a intership boy...i love to travel and hey i'd work for free!

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The study lead (Dr. Pascal Lee) actually is usually happy for volunteers to help out with the research tasks and camp duties, provided that they can cover their travel costs to/from Resolute. Good cooks and folks with medical training are especially welcomed, typically. But since this can cost $2K from the US, few people volunteer.

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[sonicsuperslide.livejournal.com]

wow..so much money! but it all sounds intresting to me.

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's very interesting.....

Funny.... I can get to Repulse Bay and home again.... for about $56.10.... *pondering the possibilities*.

Curious,... do you know Henry Hall at UofT?

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

No, I don't know Prof. Hall... hmmm. Repulse Bay is not that far from Resolute. And Pascal (pclee@earthlink.com) is open to volunteers, particularly Canadians ;-).

BTW, welcome!