Sometime between now and 9:00 p.m. today, I will be going to Devon Island. It is really happening!
Devon Island is 45 minutes from Resolute Bay via a De Havilland Twin Otter:
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| One of two planes that will be used as shuttles |
Devon Island is the size of the state of West Virgina, and tonight it's entire population will be seven people: Jesse, Mark, John, and Ben (an Inuit teenager who has been working at the camp for several years) are our camp set-up crew. I will be opening and organizing the kitchen.
Two researchers will also be coming up. They will be working in the greenhouse. They study space biology: how plants and animals (including us) react to space environments. You will no doubt hear more about them. Once the Internet is up at camp, I hope to have them contribute to my blog.
For the next three to four days, we will only have radio contact. Today we were "trained" on how to use the radios. This includes learning to find south without a compass (since compasses don't work on the island), and remembering not to put your head between the phone and the satellite (which is in the south).
Late Saturday afternoon, we will be joined by several other people including Pascal and Sarah Thompson, our communications manager. They will be bringing the rest of the food and lots of equipment.
Sunday, Kira and a documentary filmmaker will be joining us. They will bring the last of the equipment.
Monday we should have internet and I can give you all of the details!
Well my friends, I bid you goodbye for a few days, as they are about to load my computer on the plane.
Resolute is in an Arctic desert and yet there are some beautiful wildflowers!
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| Wind-whipped flowers |
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