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made it here
Sitting in a tent, on Devon Island... rain is coming down, outside. But we made it here. :) Just as well, as the Honeybee guys were beginning to voice suggestions of just drilling in the parking lot in Resolute,
There was enough of a break to send over six charter Twin Otter flights... everything in the queue, including 15 people total, swelling the camp size to 42.
Smooth flight, no problems, missed dinner (it was cream of mushroom soup, sigh). It began raining as we put our personal sleeping tents up. My boots and rain pants were still packed... I got my tent up in about an hour, then changed clothes as I was soaked and chilly.
Now I'm set up work-wise in the communications tent, where I've been the past three years. Everything is in place and moving along... except the weather is wretched, worse than usual. No dry days at all, thus far since camp opened... the moisture leaked into the satellite ground station's high-gain amplifier and shorted it, hence no communications yet. A new one came over today, so hopefully I can post this sometime tomorrow (Tuesday).
This fluffy puppy was guarding the entrance to the hotel in Resolute...
We had ten passengers and cargo, crammed into our Twin Otter flight. SH and KM are in the foreground.
On final approach, a view of the central part of base camp this year, showing the development of its radial configuration. I'm sitting in the white tent on the far right. The small white squares in the foreground are coolers -- most food is stored outdoors, given the ambient temperatures of 35-40F.
And here's a mug shot of the two highest-ranking space agency officials -- Alain Bernstain represents the CSA and sponsors their work going on in the SpaceRef greenhouse, while Karen McBride represents NASA Headquarters and is the program manager in charge of my DAME drilling project, among others.
There was enough of a break to send over six charter Twin Otter flights... everything in the queue, including 15 people total, swelling the camp size to 42.
Smooth flight, no problems, missed dinner (it was cream of mushroom soup, sigh). It began raining as we put our personal sleeping tents up. My boots and rain pants were still packed... I got my tent up in about an hour, then changed clothes as I was soaked and chilly.
Now I'm set up work-wise in the communications tent, where I've been the past three years. Everything is in place and moving along... except the weather is wretched, worse than usual. No dry days at all, thus far since camp opened... the moisture leaked into the satellite ground station's high-gain amplifier and shorted it, hence no communications yet. A new one came over today, so hopefully I can post this sometime tomorrow (Tuesday).
This fluffy puppy was guarding the entrance to the hotel in Resolute...
We had ten passengers and cargo, crammed into our Twin Otter flight. SH and KM are in the foreground.
On final approach, a view of the central part of base camp this year, showing the development of its radial configuration. I'm sitting in the white tent on the far right. The small white squares in the foreground are coolers -- most food is stored outdoors, given the ambient temperatures of 35-40F.
And here's a mug shot of the two highest-ranking space agency officials -- Alain Bernstain represents the CSA and sponsors their work going on in the SpaceRef greenhouse, while Karen McBride represents NASA Headquarters and is the program manager in charge of my DAME drilling project, among others.
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Cute puppy!
Glad you are there, and I am starting to have a sense of familiarity about Devon now. After all, it is where I fell in love with you.
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*smooch*