Weather Day at Resolute Bay #4

 

Day 17. Weather Day #4 in Resolute Bay. Today was another no fly day :( The weather has not been kind. The issue is that around Resolute Bay the winds have been stronger than desired. The plan is to survey at Devon Ice Cap (1.5 hours flying away) and Pond Inlet (2 hours away). The weather at Devon has been a no-go, and while Pond has been viable, the issue has been the weather at Resolute or on the way.

So we have continued to bide our time. Jeff has been out and about taking some landscape photos (see above), and below, we installed a corner reflector along the road form the airport, and we engaged with some training of the equipment with our new team member Nils, who joined us yesterday in Resolute, form AWI.

 
Self Portraits
[Left] Claude Monet with a Beret. [Right] Jeff with a Beannie.

 
View across the tundra on Cornwallis Island.

 
Polar 5 is ready for action whenever we get the green light. Next to it is definitely a Twin Otter (i.e. not a Dornier 228).

 
Installing a corner reflector target for calibration. 2 things to consider when siting and orienting equipment outside: (i) compass readings are not robust at high latitudes (ii) anchoring equipment with steel pegs is not a viable activity on frozen ground.

 
Anchored with rocks!

 
Ready for the fly-by

 
A happy crew learning from Jeff how to operate the MACS and the snow radar.
 
Tomorrow: there is now a good chance that Pond Inlet is looking accessible.

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