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In the air - late arrival is still an arrival

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We departed late - and the sun was at the rendez-vous, in addition to an almost fully operational camp already.

The last group (@Elusieum, @planet_neish, @meteorJen and I) went in the Twin Otter around 22:30, after refueling from their first run and after loading it. The aircrafts were back from their first run to drop team one and two and their gear on the site. Overall, it took approximately 40 to 45 minute to fly near our camp site, about 20 minute to empty, and another 40 minute to get back to us. Sun is now shining finally - better later than never. Therefore we should arrive just after midnight. This will be a long one!

We lifted off - no problems, only 40 min fly-time. Upon arrival, I was quite impressed by the speed the groups already on site deployed the camp ! (Fig. 1)

DAY1-Camp

Figure 1: The camp upon our arrival, just before landing. This was about two hours after they arrived. The two big tents are our living quarters, like work and living room, and the second one is the kitchen.

Upon landing, there was still a lot of work and organization to do. In the wilderness, the food need to be properly separated from our tents and food set in sealed boxes to ideally minimize the smells and prevent the attraction of, for instance, polar bears. Toilets facilities were set; everyone had an individual tent, the radio mast and station were installed for us to be able to speak with Resolute at 8:00 in the morning - we were able to finish the day at around 3:00.


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