After another day of travel, I have reached Resolute Bay together with two teammates, Ceri and Jamie. We landed at 6:45 pm on the 31st March. Resolute Bay is in the state Nunavut, and the second northest community of Canada [red dot on the map]. The population counts about 230 people and is one of the smaller communities up in the Canadian Arctic.
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| Map of Resolute Bay [red] and the CatLin ice camp [green] |
My luaggage did not make it to Resolute as it got already lost at the airport in Washington DC. My bags contain crucial cold weather clothing and science equipment. I spent hours on the phone to the airline last night trying to locate the bags and to arrange its transfer to Ottawa and then to Resolute Bay. Only after my arrival in Resolute I got the news that it is in Ottawa and hopefully now being transfered to FirstAir carrying it to Resolute Bay tomorrow.
We will spend few days here in Resolute Bay organizing, packing and final testing of gear and science equipment. Our flight to the ice camp site [green dot on the map] is planned for Monday, the 4th April if weather permitted. Currently, the weather is nice...-20 deg Cels and light wind. That's the way we like it.
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