tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post3195020064828273199..comments2024-02-16T06:03:12.489-06:00Comments on BrummellBlog: My Job in SaskatoonTheBrummellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-40624884936172119992009-06-22T20:45:09.779-06:002009-06-22T20:45:09.779-06:00Thanks for the comments, BriAnne. I am amused tha...Thanks for the comments, BriAnne. I am amused that you think I've made some wise choices - maybe I have, maybe I haven't, but I am having fun so I suppose it could definately be worse.<br /><br />We only get about 2 hours on the ground in Iqaluit each direction, unless a flight gets messed up by weather or a blown engine or something, so unfortunately I won't be able to actually go into town - I had a great time last year just poking about in Iqaluit. Plus getting smuggled into a grand banquet, too, of course.<br /><br />Parts of the Arctic are more accessible than others. Flights to Alaska are less expensive than flights to Iqaluit, and the Mackenzie delta can be reached by road most of the year - ice road on the river in winter! I'd like to do that trip sometime. So, you can still get North if you have even a small opportunity. Maybe next year?TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-74389780138002528642009-06-21T13:03:04.222-06:002009-06-21T13:03:04.222-06:00Been meaning to weigh in on this for several days ...Been meaning to weigh in on this for several days now. Things are a little hairy here lately...<br /><br />Have an awesome trip. I am really missing the north lately - the solstice does this to me. I love the never ending days. And the near complete absence of humans. I think you will enjoy your six weeks of solitude. Please do keep a log that you can upload when you get back to civilization. If you find yourself in Iqaluit for any period of time, go for coffee with Mark Mallory. Ahhhh, I am jealous. I am doing lab experiments all summer. I think this will be my first year with zero field work. Methinks you made some wise choices.BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306745282961968586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-46461322569572960552009-06-16T08:54:17.116-06:002009-06-16T08:54:17.116-06:00Oh yes, pulp sci-fi is de rigeur for fieldwork. S...Oh yes, pulp sci-fi is <i>de rigeur</i> for fieldwork. See my previous post on the 7th Carrier, though that was far too craptacular for my (admittedly low-brow) tastes.<br /><br />I've been told that I'm a weird person. I've also been told that I'm weirder than I think, precisely because I actually want to go to the end of the world for a long time. Seems this is not a common motivator for people.TheBrummellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08973380652057861796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19216099.post-74551767900980753332009-06-16T06:13:19.621-06:002009-06-16T06:13:19.621-06:00Well, I'm glad to hear that things are going w...Well, I'm glad to hear that things are going well. I sounds as though you're learning new skills and doing something that you enjoy. I don't know if I could do the whole 'go up to the middle of nowhere' thing for a couple of months, but I'm sure you'll bring lots of pulp science-fiction books to read in between long bouts of measuring soil gases...Carlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00153076425887492166noreply@blogger.com