-33

back at camp after another long day of flights to get here.  i got randomly selected for a pat down at tthe edmonton aitport.  that was fun  and then a guy sat next to me who just ate a salami sandwich  as it reaallly stunk up the plane.  so this morning we took a small plane  45 minutes into camp, kinda cool seeing  large tanker trucks traveling the ice roads below us,  we usually only fly 800 ft high  so can see pretty good.
  yellow knife was cold but man  getting out of the plane today was harsh, it was not windy and sunny but -33  , its night time now and gotta be alot lower than that,  but its a dry cold.
i am the medic this time as there was another guy here,  ill be replacing him when he leaves in three weeks.  i sleep in the medic shack wich has a extra bed for patients , its pretty cozy and warm  i like it. one bad thing its far away from the  toilets, so gonna suck when i gotta pee in the middle of the night.
it was really good to see old faces,  they really make it feel like a home here.   i really like most of  he people here and they  seem to like me. imagine  that. .
so for a first day it was pretty good.  although as usual i didnt sleep very good last night then cause of the time change, i woke up at 430 and couldnt get back to sleep.
but ill sleep tonight.
good night

courageous

getting dark

so the days are getting shorter every day.  when i wake up the sun is out, but just last week we were able to go out for walks till 930 and it was kinda light out , now its 830 , and by 9 its completly dark.
it kinda sucks as i like to go for a walk or something after work , but its too dark. oh well.
to find out i sleep great at camp, one its pretty quiet and two i guess im tired be cause i work every day.  I have made it to the two week mark, how much longer im not sure but till october probably, its ok after this ill be done for the season and can relax with my little family on the river..
they are going to have a winter program here , and it looks like ill be returning, so i maybe coming back in febuary ish.  and would be one of the first to enter the camp. via ice roads by truck. would be pretty cool i think , until i found out its 12-14 hour trip, and would be doing it in one day. still exciting none the less.  but that is far away and only a posibility.
so another one done , and maybe 30 more or less to go.

days are going fast

so i am finding my days are going really quick,  and thats a good thing for sure.  I am having fun but it is still work. I have been here for 11 days now, and not sure when i leave yet.  they are talking that oct 11 maybe the last day,  so im not sure if ill be staying to that date or ill be sent home.  october 5th would be the 6 week mark and technically they have to send me out of camp even if its just for a night, so maybe they will sendf me to yellow knife for a weekend or something. 
The head guy of the geology company is coming this week , so i guess he will say when the camp stays open  and for how long.  i guess there is three vips getting flown or helicoptered in.
last week we had a lot of day visitors aswell to see how the camp and operation.
just more mouths to feed for me.
  have been seeing some pretty cool northern lights,  its a foggy night tonight but i hope to get some pictures and post them soon.
so for tonight have a good night.

camp

 

finally good conection with the internet so was able to post some pictures. having a great time at work have already been here 9 days, going so quickly.

after work today i saw 6 young caribou swim across the lake about 100 metre swim. it was getting dark but it was still beautiful to watch.

winter is coming

so i am back at camp,  i got back on friday after a long day of travel.. I havnt been able to write sooner as the internet has been sucking big time here.
looks like ill be here for a while, so this time i fully unpacked my bag and put it in to shelfs etc. hopefully ill be home by october but all depends how long they stay open.
lots of visitors this week, coming in to see how the camp works,  the host company have them come in to see how they are taking care of the land etc. etc.
so fall is here , the small bushes are changing color the hills around us are all orange and red  , its quite beautiful. andwhen the wind blows from the north it gets cold.  i guess at night time it is around 6 degrees or so and today it wasnt much warmer than that.  good thing i get to work in the kitchen all day.
thats all for today, ill try to write more soon,  when the internet works
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breaker, breaker

so in every camp they use radios to talk to one another and most camps have multible channels,  not this camp its all on one.  and we have a radio in the kitchen plus i keep one on me during the day, in case of emergencies.  also we have check ins as there is always people doing work out in the " field" we call it the field if they are workin g out of the camp.  there are alot of goverment natural groups up here doing envirimental studies,  checking water, counting fish, wild life etc etc.. every exploritory camp has to gomthropugh to make sure when they do mine, they can return it it the way it was.  so any way everyday we have atleast two to 4 groups out in the field and they have to call in at 10, 12 and 2. if they dont check in and i cannot get ahold of them within 15 minutes .they send out a helicopter to go find them..we have a map in the dining room where they pin their location and a board where i check off there check ins....
even if i went for a walk, 1 i must take a friend 2 i must take a radio, 3 if going more than 3 kilometers must take a sat phone 4 and if going for a period of time put a pin on the map.5 most important  we must wear a high visible vest, one of those bright florescent yello vests.  the one i wear i swear you could see me from the moon.
we playe frisbee golf again tonight.. we wore our vests and took a radio,  the little course we have set up is just on the out skirts of camp..  but goes up a little rocky hill and has amazing views. we saw a single caribou mowing down on some grass. and i ate some wild bluberries.
two more work days then i get to go home.