As mentioned in a previous post, UpHere magazine has a feature article on Cambridge Bay in this month's issue. They have now posted it, complete with Tandberg Polar photo, at:
http://uphere.ca/post/111491594253/a-town-on-the-move
Not much else new to report. G has found a couple of part-time jobs to help pass the time and assist with the food costs. If you want to work, there's no shortage of employment opportunities here.
It looks like the weather will break out of the -30s in the next few days with highs in the -20s. This will feel positively balmy and we're looking forward to the mild spell. The days are getting longer and brighter and the weather remains settled and calm. We don't expect to see temperatures in the minus teen's until April though.
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| 'Warmer' weather on the way might mean we can remove the balaclavas! |
Work has started on an ice road out to Hope Bay, about 160 kms distant. This is so a 'Cat Train' (rail cars on skis pulled by a Caterpillar bulldozer with rubber tracks) can be used to pick up the goods that are still on the barge that failed to make it into Cambridge Bay before freezeup last fall. Apparently, there is an open water lead in the way which means an ice bridge will have to be built, an interesting engineering challenge. It will be a couple of weeks yet before the road will be ready. Current ice thickness at the dock in Cambridge Bay is 1.7 metres. Bulldozers and trucks head out on the ice daily. We always know when they're heading out as their passage reverberates through the ice and into TP.
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| Fuel cars on skis |
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| The train staging area is just behind us |
The generator is still ticking away on TP and our fingers are crossed that it continues to do so. The ice around the boat has been very active the last few days and we find ourselves leaning more to port than ever before. Living life on a permanent slant is interesting!
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| TP's stern |
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