Wednesday, August 16, 2006

The ADVENTURE begins.....

Airport in Iqualuit Okay so I get on a plane on the 1st of August..... I fly to Montreal..... (ohhh I forgot to say the car in front of my cab hit a pedestrian.... great start right..... Okay so I arrive in Montreal.... I stay at the Comfort Inn I don't recommend it if you looking for a luxury hotel for holiday but it was alright (no hot water though). So then I head to the airport to Fly to Wakeham Bay.... right..... So the plane is broken.... after loading and unloading us and about 3 hours late we are on our way...to Iqaluit....Baffin Island.....totally skipping over where I was heading... anyways... the plane breaks again in Iquluit... So I along with a lot of other people spend the night there...... Fellow Stranded Travellers The next Day I finally make it to Wakeham... where I am going to meet ( a guy with a ponytail and a helicopter).... yeah anyways he shows up..... thank goodness.... But not before I feel like I've crashed a local family reunion... I was the only white person... strange feeling... So after a local asks me "why are you here?" I finally take my first trip in the helicopter.....terrified I was... still am... the tip that you won't feel it if it hits you doesn't really ease my fears..... So I arrive at Guindeau Lake... I am only guessing at the spelling here.... and well this guy Matt says "We don't know what we're going to do with you?" What I've only traveled 3 days to get here???? Belanger Camp So they send me the next day to Belanger....another camp... really nice well established and great Bathrooms... which to most may seem basic... trust me a good Bathroom is a luxury.......these ones had handy foot levers and plastic bags rather than water.... a real modern convenience compared to the other camp... at any rate everyone was nice and I saw lots of caribou... after about 4 days I am sent to the other camp again... another trip in the helicopter... okay so at the other camp... it's a bit more rustic as it's a new camp.... but the people are still nice... then I meet the regular cook and things go down hill from there...not a nice guy, anyways now I am back in Vancouver and I am heading to Whitehorse on Friday.... so I will further update as I can... I need to buy a laptop computer... someday soon..... The Odd habit people have to collect bones in the north?

Monday, July 31, 2006

Well now it's time to finish packing and get going. Monday I have my practical.....written exam is all finished a 94%.....of course that could all go to crap on Monday if I make a stupid mistake.....anyways, on Tuesday, I am heading out to Northern Quebec....I'll be flying air Inuit part of the way and can't even say the names of the places I'll be stoping......the flight plan is Vancouver to Montreal....Montreal to Kuujjuaq...toTasiujuaq.....to Aupaluk....to Kangirsuk...to Kangiqsujuaq.... Well that where I'm going where is that well check out the map I've posted but honestly I'm not even sure it's still in Canada......

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

My First Post

Well here it goes I am testing out this idea of a Blog. I'm heading up north for work and I think it'll be the best way to keep in touch with people in the balmy south.....got my contract today I am really looking forward to seeing tundra. My favorite part about my new job.... and I haven't even started yet is showing people my new home... I'm going to try to get the picture to show up here we'll see if I succeed....it's a tent building......nice! Well I guess we'll see if I can manage this blog thing. Hope I can keep it interesting and current.