Weather is not Boring

Pelly Island – the saga

Posted on 21 July 2011 by mettechnerd

We didn’t get to the station on Pelly last year because of fog in the area. This year there was fog again on our first try. We landed for a while at the edge of the fog bank to see if it would go away. We were about 8 miles from the station so we crossed our fingers and waited. The fog not only didn’t go away but it got heavier and moved toward us.. we left. Here’s pics from try 1.

The beach and the fog

Me beside the Jet Ranger

Neat driftwood. It came a long way.

a bear pawprint on the beach. we think it's grizzly but we could be wrong

Driftwood and Flowers.. see I'm artistic

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Herschel Island

Posted on 21 July 2011 by mettechnerd

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Herschel Island, YK

Posted on 21 July 2011 by mettechnerd

Monday we took a Cessna 206 float plane to Herschel Island. It is a very cool place with tons of history. Here’s a link if you’re curious.

Here’s pics:

Inuvik from the air as we took off

The dedication sign thingy

The monument the sign is on

Cessna 206 at the dock on Herschel

Historic Buildings and stuff

Oh yeah, we were there for work

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Yesterday was the Inuvik Autostation

Posted on 17 July 2011 by mettechnerd

For two weeks we’re based out of Inuvik working on some of the equipment here and some of the remote sites. Yesterday we worked on the automatic climate station.

The instrument field at the Inuvik Autostation. The white box on a pole houses a YSI thermistor (temperature) and an HMP probe (humidity). The satellite dish isn't part of it.

The open box behind the truck holds the datalogger, the modem, lightning protection boards and some electronics. The datalogger collects the info from the sensors and compiles the data. I can also plug my laptop into it and talk to the station. The pipe with the cone hanging off it (in front of the truck) measures snow depth.