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May 9, 2009
Chapter Five Coming Off Mountains It was a relief to get onto the smooth pavement of Highway 97 before the sun set for the day. Getting into trouble “on a mountain” in the dark wasn’t our idea of fun, therefore the ride down the mountain in the Ford 4X4 Crew-cab truck had… [Read more…]
November 20, 2007
Out in minus forty The sounds of strenuous exertion, escaping from within a lit-up stage, were getting louder as I shuffled along the darkened road. The sporadic nature of the sounds affirmed the ebb and flow of the epic "event" that was staged within the conical light being projected from a single overhead streetlight. An “ice crystal” haze,… [Read more…]
October 5, 2007
SILHOUETTES IN THE SNOW Prologue “ Ice Road Making” “Isn’t there anything else for supper”, I mumbled while looking back and forth from my plate to the cook and his stove. It was the fifth straight day of being presented with a steaming hot “TV Dinner” upon sitting down at the supper… [Read more…]
September 6, 2007
Your Flight Has Been Delayed ( Epilogue of under TERRA firma ) Terra Mines was behind me, both figuratively and literally. I was on board a single engine DeHaviland “Otter” flying south from the mining camp. The flight from the silver producing mine, located on the Camsell River just south of Great Bear… [Read more…]
May 30, 2007
North Warning (Once in a lifetime 1987 –1994) I have a haunting photograph of the radar site called PIN-M. The picture shows a huge radar radome and various communications antenna arrays clustered around a white and gray clad building. They are being highlighted against a dark winter’s night sky by strategically located floodlights. The building… [Read more…]
April 23, 2007
Land of the Polar Bear The muffled roar coming through my headset changed to the more familiar “whomp-whomp-whomp” of a helicopter as the pilot, Joe, adjusted the pitch of the rotor blades with the collective-stick that he controlled in his left hand. This allowed the Bell 206L Long Ranger helicopter to lose height and… [Read more…]
April 23, 2007
Land of the Polar Bear (Continued) The radar site, BAF-5, on Resolution Island could be seen from twenty miles out to sea as it was perched on the highest point of land on the island. The three glistening white radomes, that housed the radar and satellite dishes, acted like a beacon in the sunlight.… [Read more…]
March 4, 2007
Silhouettes in the Snow The message reached us at 12:30. A young clerk from the main office came rushing over to our table and handed me a folded note. He had tracked us down to the cafeteria where we had just finished lunch; and were sitting back in our chairs nursing our coffee… [Read more…]
March 3, 2007
Silhouettes in the Snow (continued) – Part 2 …………Now at a stop, I looked around at all the controls, levers and blades to determine the cause of my unwanted and un-scheduled stop. Seeing nothing from the inside of the cab, I zipped up my snowsuit and jumped to the ice from the cab.… [Read more…]
November 7, 2010
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