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!

[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.

[oceansedge.livejournal.com]

Ok... my professional curiosity has gotten the better of me. Darren and I have been sitting here for the last hour + trying to figure this out....

Edmonton-Yellowknife-Cambridge Bay - 2 737 combis.... that's either First Air or Canadian North
But who in the heck is flying Beech 1900's from Cambridge to Resolute? Aklak, last I heard was flying Beech 99's, and I believe Adlair is too, although I can't confirm that.

Regarding the volunteer thing.... I'm curious, who would I need to apply to / contact? I'm still working out the logistics, oddly enough it's a PITA from here. I'd have to take First Air outta Rankin Inlet to Iqaluit to Resolute. (Weds/Sat only). Seems kinda silly, considering I can fly Rankin - Repulse - Coral Harbour... 5 days a week.