YRT and beyond

Well absolutely nothing happened in YK... Tried in vain to get a hold of the big chief only to sit around and wait for a return call...

Nothing!

What a pisser.

Now I find myself in Rankin and about to head North to see the camp. Sounds like hell up there right now. Currently 8 guys up there digging out 14 tents. Have been there for 4 days and their progress is still just 2 tents. Blowing snow has been a real problem as it sounds that when any progress is made emptying a  tent out Mother Nature just fills it back in again. Word is that last night conditions were so bad that it wasn't safe to go outside. We are hoping to fly in this morning to have a look see and if any significant progress can be seen then I will be staying to help with the rest of the digging.

I knew this would happen. In most places spring signals the end of the snow, in the Arctic it just brings in the bulk of it. This could likely be the last post for a few days. As until there are more tents there will be no sat system. A little part of me wants to hear that I get anotherer day in town while the rest says let's just get this nightmare started cuz it will bring the end of it that much sooner.

The bright side of all of this is that the fixed wing supplier has mentioned that they have a crew in Churchill for the next week and that booze is ridiculously cheap. I can see calling in that marker sooner than later.

Until the next time...