Hurry up and wait...

[jay]

Waiting in Resolute for the weather, again, before we can make our final hop to Devon Island. Conditions have worsened, in that the high we had yesterday is weakening and we're getting overcast and drizzle from the NE.

In California, I hardly notice weather forecasts... here, they're vitally important. Three years of work hinges in some sense on having sufficiently good weather in these two weeks. Still, last year we were stuck here for 3 days, and still managed OK.

Theoretically, we are supposed to depart after lunch around 1:30-2pm, but I doubt it. Weather at HMP is further to the east and hence worse than here.

Wandering around Resolute... very quiet Sunday morning. Walked by the tiny Anglican church, where services are held only in Inuktituk (I attended, a few years ago). the Co-op store is closed, so I can't do postcards...

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[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Hm... the weather you get there arrives here 6 hours later, currently. We're waiting for the two IOL-access guys from Grise Fiord who are due to land around 3-3:30pm. Plus a missing Georgia Tech shipment which is hopefully on the air cargo flight that just landed.

Current notional departure is 4:30pm, assuming everything arrives, weather where you are improves, and the Polar Shelf pilots are willing to wait for their dinner...

[dangerpudding.livejournal.com]

Ah, the joys....

Now, to maybe make some of these guys do some work. That'll be fun...