Jul. 28th, 2005

jay: (Default)
On Monday we took down the drill site camp, packed away the equipment, and on Tuesday the other team members left. Yesterday the two large crates from Honeybee departed on the same Twin Otter that brought in the spacesuit.

last drilling photos )
jay: (happy)
Wednesday turned out to be media day... I went out to a spot just below the crater rim, where there were ice ledges along a creek, and gave an interview to the Galafilm guys working on the Discovery Channel documentary. The latter is a six-part production... they're working on the fifth episode. There will be a five-part docu-drama done in parallel... DC is spending $20M on the whole thing, scheduled for the fall of 2006.

They asked me to do B-roll footage... walking up the creek. 3 times. Once, only filming my feet. Later, walking down the creek. The interview itself was OK, I got engaged and fairly passionate about some of the topics and hopefully didn't say anything silly.

After lunch, a CBS - Dallas, TX affiliate reporter (Mona) who handles their science and medicine stories did another interview back at camp, this time about the gravity and magnetic surveys of the crater itself.

And I led the DC folks with our flight surgeon (Jeff Jones) out to Anderson Pass for them to interview Jeff... I had more gravity point nearby.

Finally, around dinnertime another plane brought the Hamilton Sundstrand spacesuit and two engineers (for which my DAME project paid travel and shipping costs), and my sister Vicky ([profile] suspira20) who's a paramedic and will cover the camp medical needs while the MDs are out in the field.

Today is sunny and 42F... waiting this afternoon for crater access (or not). If we get a permit, I'll be in there on a traverse this evening before leaving Friday afternoon for Resolute.

3 photos )

grr...

Jul. 28th, 2005 06:02 pm
jay: (stopthat)
If the town elders in Grise Fijord met as planned this afternoon, we haven't heard of their decision as to whether we get research access to the crater. A couple of elders have been holding out for years, hoping that we'd pay them C$$$ for "exploration" as though we were an oil or mining company. Can't do that. Probably no access.

At this point, the permit-issuing office in Iqaluit is closed... tomorrow morning is my last hope of getting those gravity readings. Then heading to Resolute tomorrow afternoon...

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