29June2008
Posted by Rotorboy under: Uncategorized.
Just back from another camp. This time stayed at the lovely Nauyak Lake at an old DFO cabin. The engineer and I were in the cabin while the Wildlife Survey of Canada personnel stayed in tents.
We spent 4 busy days snaking along the coastline surveying Edier ducks. I have no idea how much ground we covered but it was a crazy amount.
Of course all that flying is done at 200 feet above the partially frozen ocean… at high speed… pretty much what every pilot is told not to do as you’ll have your hands full if the stove quits.
Something I really wasn’t expecting was the number of grizzly bears we’d see. We counted 17 grizzlies in 4 days, 5 of those being cubs with mothers. Apparently there are ALOT of bears up here. I never expected that… and neither did the WSC people.
Unfortunately, grizzlies are not patient or willing to be easily photographed… so mostly we just seen them running away. Thankfully this fine fellow (or lady) was on the ice and it was relatively easy to snap more than just his/her ass.
So, finished bringing the crew and gear from camp and have a few days in Cambridge Bay… sitting….
Gotta love mins!
19June2008
Posted by Rotorboy under: Uncategorized.
Just a short note…
I’m in Cambridge Bay now… only took 3 days to get here… bloody weather.
Off to camp tomorrow for 4 days. No internet. Sharing a tiny cabin with a few guys… it outta be interesting, if not annoying. Going to chase geese.
Will update when able.
15June2008
Posted by Rotorboy under: Uncategorized.
The move-in process is pretty much complete. All-in-all I have to say it went very smoothly.
Tracey and I are finishing small projects, like putting up shelves, ordering a screen door for the patio to keep kitty in, hanging pictures, etc.
Despite our best efforts, it seems neither of us knows how to measure. The other day we bought a new curtain rod for the living room. We get home and, surprise, the rod is about 2 feet short. Of course we didn’t measure the length we needed… we just looked at the rod at Ikea and immediately thought there was no way it wouldn’t fit. Here are your signs…. idiots.
So we’re at Rona yesterday and thinking about putting up screens on the windows as well. Seems kitty sticks her head through the small open window and pushes it open. Tracey found the back half of the cat perched way out on the edge of the window frame while her back end was sitting inside on the window sill. Now a fall from 4 floors may not kill kitty… but I’d rather not find test that theory.
Anyway, we were looking at the window screen kits and it dawned on us that we hadn’t measured the windows… so we had no way of knowing what kits to buy. Here are your signs…
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Gotta start packing and head back to work tomorrow. Overnighting in Edmonton and catching a flight to Norman Wells, NWT on Tuesday. Wednesday I’ll be taking a machine up to Cambridge Bay, NT. Yeah, it’s up there.
I’ll be up there for my tour. The only info I’ve heard about the job is goose surveys and biology people in a longranger on floats.
I bought new rubber boots yesterday.
Oh yeah, new view is above… well, a cropped version of our new view.
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