MIZ / Sachs Harbour 28/02—19/03/14

A fast-and-light air-supported ice camp in March, primarily deploying our wavebuoys for the ONR MIZ project
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First stop Yellowknife, to make some last-minute modifications to the wavebuoys before they were flown out to the ice
Freezing mist is a big feature of Yellowknife in the winter - here rolling over the houseboats on Great Slave Lake
A Yellowknife tradition - ice castles on the frozen lake
Another Yellowknife tradition - shonky house boats surrounded by junk
I had no idea otters could tolerate this sort of cold (-27C) - and rolling around in the snow to dry off, brrr
Anyway, back to work ... Phil choosing from our vast array of SIM cards for the Iridium satellite modems
25 wavebuoys (I know, that's not 25 - t'others are still in the shed) ready to load on that plane and fly even further north ...
... to the bustling metropolis of Sachs Harbour, pop. 60
Our wavebuoys all unloaded at Sachs Harbour airfield, ready for the next leg (out to the ice)
Heavy riming at Sachs Harbour airfield