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

[boubabe.livejournal.com]

Doh! I won't be back in E-town until the end of July, otherwise I would propose dinner on Whyte Ave. C'est la vie. There are other people you know in Edmonton, too.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I'll miss you by just a few days on the return then... shucks.

I'm hoping that I can see mouseman, eck, handslive and purplejavatroll sometime or other when I'm coming or going... therealjae will be away herself... and minnaleigh's now in Baltimore.

[purplejavatroll.livejournal.com]

After much checking of schedules, I think the Wednesday evening for supper is a for certain for me, anyway. Anywhere in particular that you'd like to go?

The return flight, I'm not able to say for certain at this moment, as I might be helping my mother (who lives out of town) do some painting and so on. Others may be available, though, we'll do some talking at this end.

E-mail me your flight times, too, if you've got them.

pjt

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Thanks... but the dates are still tentative until NASA signs my orders. I may wind up leaving and returning 2-4 days later, driven by the availability of chartered Twin Otters out of Resolute on certain dates. I might be there Friday night 7/18 instead of Wednesday, and returning 7/30. I'll email my times when they're settled.

Food-wise... sushi/Japanese is now an option, but what are your favorite places there?