When Holga went in the Arctic (Part III/VI)
By stouf
28 Dec 2008
Week 3 (Jan. 3 to Jan. 9, 2008)
Day 15: 03 January 2008
Position: 71.12.840°N / 124.24.869°W
09:00 – I don't feel very good this morning. Happily, winds are too strong for any scientific activity. So it's time to rest. Zzzzzz again...
14:00 – A strange black-out happened...
16:00 – Finally, we did some usual sampling from the moon pool. And we also did all the work for our friend Gérald until 23:00...
Day 16: 04 January 2008
Position: 71.25.967°N / 125.08.526°W
08:00 – I woke up and felt very bad. Veryyyyy bad. My stomach is hurting me. But still, I did a tucker net from the moon pool. I went to bed after that until 13:00. I'm sick...
14:00 – We did a hydrobios from the moon pool. The guy in charge of the winch went all the way down to 219 m, even though I told him to stop at 215 m... I guess I'm also guilty for trying to send the net too deep. The result was that the net was full of mud from the bottom. It's not serious, but Marc and I had hard time cleaning the net. And everyone is making fun of me. But that's part of the game...
22:30 – I'm tired... Maybe I'm starting to suffer from the lack of light. I'll do some light therapy tomorrow morning.
Day 17: 05 January 2008
Position: 71°28.481 N / 125°17.328 W
07:00 – I feel better this morning. I had an espresso during half an hour of light therapy, I felt like being on the "Côte d'Azure". No, I'm kidding... Well, it works great, I immediately felt better, which surprised me. We did a tucker and a hydrobios this morning. Everything went fine.
13:00 – Josée and I sewed some holes that were in two of the nine nets of the hydrobios. 14:00 – I went to exercise in the gym. I felt very good after, and thought, smiling, about the astronauts that need to exercise in space... I also went outside, it had been three days since I had breathed fresh air for more than 5 minutes...
Day 18: 06 January 2008
Position: 71°32.233 N / 125°32.037 W
07:00 – Another normal day, a tucker net in the morning and hydrobios in the afternoon...
13:00 – I built a complete spool to roll our rope for ice sampling. I'm quite proud of my job. But I must confess that I was helped by some crew members. Roger, a very sweet man from Magdalene Islands, and a great couple, Myriam and Sebastian. I really like them, they're very funny, always ready to help efficiently and both incredibly strong.
17:00 – It's Sunday dinner, wine and cheese... Mmmmm... But we're facing a possible crisis situation because we've finished the cheese and fresh fruits and vegetables, and we might not be reloaded at the mid-leg crew change, which will happen on Thursday... We'll see...
Day 19 : 07 January 2008
09:00 – The usual sampling with the Tucker net from the moon pool... Then, we started to roll the rope on the new spool...
14:00- I went on the ice with Ramon, Steeve and Josée and prepared a new hole for sampling. Marc joined us after a chopper ride away from the ship, with the chief scientist. We were very efficient. We're real pros now. We even helped Greg and Andrea with their hole after we finished ours. Marc made me notice that we removed more than a cubic meter of ice, which is around one cubic meter of water, which is 1000 litters of water, which weights one ton.
19:00 – I prepared a new tripod for sampling from the hole. I finished rolling the rope on the spool with Steeve and Laura. I haven't spoken about Laura yet and that's a shame because she's an amazing person. She deserves a book, not only a few lines...
Day 20: 08 January 2008
Position: 71°31.431 N / 125°38.496 W
09:00 – I went on the ice with Marc, Josée and Steeve. We did out sampling from the hole with a ring net, lifted by a snow-mobile. We went to 250 meters depth. Everything went perfectly. We're all very happy about this sampling.
13:00 – We all went out on the ice in front of the ship, at Starboard side, for a group photo. After that, we played a soccer game, while others played a hockey game, all on the ice. It was very funny. At one point, an arctic fox came very close to us. It was sniffing the air, probably searching for food...
16:00 – We did three Tucker nets from the moon pool, one for Josée, one for the lab, and one for Monica and Wojtek, a Polish couple who do nice experiments on living zooplankton.
20:42 – Let's go to the bar and have a well deserved beer...
Day 21: 09 January 2008
08:00 – We start a normal sampling day from the moonpool. One tucker and one hydrobios during the day. It's becoming a routine...
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Niki Conolly gave props (30 Dec 2008):
I love these shots. Artistic. Passion. And so out of my day to day. Thank you for sharing, your life, your view and love!! Hugs.
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