Author Archives: mettechnerd

No bears to fight today either. We only saw one little black bear on the side of the road today but we saw lots of other critters. There were 4 white tail deer on the road, 2 bucks and 2 … Continue reading →

Well, that’s day 1 done. More bear patrol tomorrow. We saw 4 bears today, all on the road. Three ran away as soon as the truck got close but this guy was too busy chowing down to care about us.

Today I am bear guard for a level 5 tech who is doing a quarterly inspection on the automatic weather station at CFB Cold Lake. It’s a bit different from the stuff I usually work on but it’s still cool. … Continue reading →

Here’s a video of a DC-3 taking off from the Sachs Harbour Airport. The guy is Rich, my team-mate for this trip.

Yay! We made it in to (and out of) Sachs Harbour! We were supposed to be there from Thursday afternoon until Sunday night but due to fog we didn’t get there until late Friday afternoon. Friday we set up our … Continue reading →

Cold beer is indeed more expensive than room temperature beer.

It’s 9 am Friday morning and we’re sitting around the Inuvik airport waiting for fog to lift. It’s foggy here and in Sachs Harbour. We did this yesterday for a few hours too. It’s all part of northern travel. The … Continue reading →

We tried again on Wednesday. This time it was a beautiful day and we made it in with no problems. We saw a whole pod of Beluga Whales near the island but my camera didn’t pick them up. If anyone … Continue reading →