Tuesday, February 12, 2008

clearing the runway...

since yeasterday we have been clearing the runway of snow. there is an enourmous amount of snow on the station and on the runway. some of the snow drifts are 4 metres high. this creates a problem for the snowblower that can't cut more than 1,5 - meters of snow. then we have to use our hydrema to pull down the top layer of snow. this takes time...
on monday a c-130 hercules was supposed to land but due to the bad weather and the snow it wasn't possible to clear the runway.
yeasterday we had a Bell 222 helicopter here with a doctor. they came to supervise the exercise where the sirius trainees went through the ice into the cold water. it was -18 in the air and around zero in the water...brrr
today the trainees have been out hunting for some food and last night they dug out a snow cave with their mess kit!
Hugger and I have been clearing snow all day. we finished at 2200
tomorrow is another day...

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