Very, Very Northern Trip

janmike
janmike Posts: 6,146
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
I have been invited to go on a business trip by Canada's civil air navigation services provider to visit approximately 25 Northern airport locations for the assessment of current and future communication requirements. The trip will be over a 2 week period and will go as far north as Ellesmere Island. I understand that initially the trip was to include "Alert" (Ellesmere Island), but was scrubbed at the last moment. That is the top of the world for Canada. Anyway, it should be an interesting trip in which I will have the opportunity to visit many locations that few people get to see.

TRIP #1 – August 21st – 24th (Western Arctic)
Day 1
Edmonton, Alberta
Kugluktuk, Nunavut
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

Day 2
Gjoa Haven, Nunavut
Taloyoak, Nunavut
Holman, Northwest Territories

Day 3
Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories
Paulatuk, Northwest Territories
Iniuvik, Northwest Territories

Day 4
Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories
Norman Wells, Northwest Territories
Edmonton, Alberta

TRIP #2 – August 28th – September 1st (Eastern Arctic)
Day 1
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Thompson, Manitoba
Churchill, Manitoba
Arviat, Nunavut
Whale Cove, Nunavut
Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

Day 2
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut
Baker Lake, Nunavut
Resolute Bay, Nunavut

Day 3
Eureka, Nunavut
Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island
Resolute Bay, Nunavut

Day 4
Kugaaruk – Pelly Bay, Nunavut
Iglooik, Nunavut
Hall Beach, Nunavut

Day 5
Repulse Bay, Nunavut
Coral Harbour, Nunavut
Churchill, Manitoba
Thompson, Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba

The following link will show you a map of Canada that you can zoom into to see most if not all of the locations that I will visiting.


Atlas of Canada
Michael ;)
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NORTH of 60°
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,646
    edited July 2006
    You are crazy....


    j/k.....Hope you have a blast!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2006
    How do they get "tin cans and strings" to stretch those huge distances anyway?;)

    That will be a cool trip.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2006
    Dennis Gardner wrote:
    How do they get "tin cans and strings" to stretch those huge distances anyway?;)

    Thought it might be time to put more than a 6-pair through the North. :D
    Michael ;)
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited July 2006
    All I know is I'm praying that your dogsled team makes the journey safely......
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited July 2006
    I second the pics request. Have fun!
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited July 2006
    Take off, eh? ;)

    Have fun and let's see some pics!
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2006
    I think the people in the USA use the word "eh" more than Canadians. Actually, I had never heard of it until I started to go to Dayton, Ohio.
    Hopefully I can take a lot of pics.
    Michael ;)
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2006
    what a cool trip that will be...... you're lucky to be a part of it.. i've never been that far north into Canada. post pics when you get back.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2006
    I had to look one of the locations up on a map, Eureka, as I had no idea where it was. Looks like we will be getting closer to Alert than I thought.
    Michael ;)
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2006
    Have fun freezing:eek: ;):D
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2006
    At the end August? It's warm that time of year.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited July 2006
    Have a great trip!
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited July 2006
    But it's practically in the Arctic! BRRRRRRRRRRR!!!:eek: How warm is warm?
    janmike wrote:
    At the end August? It's warm that time of year.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited July 2006
    Haha, average temperature for Eureka in August is 2.6 degrees C... about 36F. Not my idea of warm...

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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2006
    cfrizz wrote:
    But it's practically in the Arctic! BRRRRRRRRRRR!!!:eek: How warm is warm?

    Practically in the Arctic? It's in the High Arctic. Cold is -40 and below. Other than that, we consider it golfing weather.:D
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited July 2006
    how cold is -38 C?
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  • AsSiMiLaTeD
    AsSiMiLaTeD Posts: 11,728
    edited July 2006
    it's -36 F...

    wtf, then how is 0 c 32 f...

    whatever, I'm too tired for this...
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited July 2006
    Practically the same. -36.4F

    F= (C*1.8)+32
    C= (F-32)*0.5555
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited August 2006
    Due to circumstances beyond my control, the trip has been cancelled for me.
    I leave it at that! :mad:
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2006
    That sucks, but......
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  • krabby5
    krabby5 Posts: 923
    edited August 2006
    janmike wrote:
    I think the people in the USA use the word "eh" more than Canadians. Actually, I had never heard of it until I started to go to Dayton, Ohio.
    Hopefully I can take a lot of pics.

    I've been to Canada numberous times on audits and they use the word excessively...Instead of "what", they use "eh"

    It's not a stereotype...
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited August 2006
    Well, I have lived here for my entire life and been all over the country, 100's of locations so I guess it depends where you visit.
    Michael ;)
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited August 2006
    You probably don't even notice it, kinda like the "i'm fixin to ___", down South or my favorite.."ya know" from just about anyone younger than 45 in the US.
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    edited August 2006
    Don't eat the yellow snow.




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