but had some surprises.
We came across a polarbear with two cubs with her and they came right up to
the boat (close enough enough for my little camera to get some pictures).
Then in the afternoon we arrived at the mooring site and it was not foggy,
overcast but still not foggy. A quick test flight was done to make sure we
could go up to the height we need and this was the case so we did two quick
flights, one before and one after supper. Got lots of data and got to go to
82N, not my northernmost point but it was for everyoneone else in the
helicopter (pretty cool), and it will likely be the farthest north anyone on
this trip gets.
Then after getting back from the helicopter, the oceanographers recovered a
buoy successfully. After this and a little bit of chocolate with the pilots
and other heli team (on getting to 82N) I went out on the ice at midnight
with Sebastian and Steve to set up the weather station. It was a really
beautiful night, with some really nice light. This of course meant that we
had to setup a watch over the night and so I was then up from 0230 until
0500 this morning watching the weather station, making sure no bears came. I
am up again (at 730 am, having gotten about 3 hours sleep. We have a full
day today and so no rest for the wicked.
Well have a good day, I know I'll be a zombie later.
Justin
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