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that's it. i'm finished. and i'm very close to tears. we've all split up (for the most part). jose, wahab, ahmad, aly and sahar left this morning, rob is still at the centre and me and eleanor are in churchill. i miss them already. i can't believe how close we all got in 10 days. wahab's aftershave is still on my jumper, i'm wearing the pin sahar ( Read more... )

the windchill today is up to -50 meaning it's unsafe for us to go out, especially to the proposed site which is about 40 minutes away on a snow mobile. so we're inside. cabin fever will most likely settle in at some point but we have beer, wine, gin and scotch to help with that. this morning we had to count the needles on branch samples. i'm not ( Read more... )

i am really quite pissed. that is all i have to say. woo for arctic exploration!

xxx

right so yesterday was fricking hilarious. the blizzard set in around 9.30 so the way back to the centre was a bumpy, windy ride. visibility was down to 100m. we did some odd jobs like data input and snow kit calibration before lunch and by that time, cabin fever had set in. so er, we cracked out the gin. afternoon we attempted to build an igloo. ( Read more... )

just got back and omg you can't see more than about 12 feet in front of you. blizzards are cool!

charlotte xxxx

oh god i am tired lol. and apparently we are going out this morning... it's supposed to develop into a blizzard near noon which worries me slightly because quite often we don't get back until noon and er, i don't fancy hanging out in a blizzard. but i guess i don't have much choice. it's not so bad, it's just i think we were all expecting a less ( Read more... )

omg today was absolutely insane! we went to 2 different sites and at both the snow was thigh deep. and me being me, i fell over a lot. in fact like every second step was a fall lol. and have you ever tried to haul yourself out of deep snow? it's difficult lol. but i managed it! me and jose have ended up with all the deep sites as well. today our ( Read more... )

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the weather today was absolutely beautiful :) clear skies and hardly any wind. was a chilly -22 degrees (centigrade) and well, today has been my favourite day so far and it's only the fourth one! woke up again before my alarm went off and pulled myself from under the 2 duvets, woolly blanket and cotton sheet i'd bundled myself up in the previous ( Read more... )