Mel found some spare time!

I know it has been a long time since I've posted, but it has been incredibly busy for me. We've been working very long days. Our first flights out are usually at 7am and usually we are back at a decent time, but a few days it's been 6:30-7pm. Then we work in the office for the rest of the night. The field work is great and we are getting caught up in the office so I think soon I will be able to institute a 'no work past 9pm' rule for myself!

The weather was great for a while, we definetely enjoyed it while it lasted. We have been seeing a LOT of wildlife. The neatest day was when a wolf walked RIGHT by us. That was really cool, but then it got even better. There were actually 3 caribou right around the hillside from us, and the wolf started chasing them! He wasn't fast enough to catch them but we could watch him stalking the caribou, it was amazing. Like the Discovery Channel but right in our own backyard!

Here's a picture of the wolf, his eyes were really yellow.


We also celebrated the solstice in camp on the 21st. We were lucky enough to get flown up to the top of a mountain over camp to watch the midnight sun. The crowd enjoyed some activities such as fossil hunting and chucking rocks down the mountain:


Trust me, throwing rocks down big hills doesn't get old and the middle of nowhere is a great place to try it out. We settled down to watch the midnight sun:


It was a nice break and it was neat to say that I've now seen the midnight sun during the Solstice. I hope everyone takes a look at the video that Mike posted - it's pretty cool. And hopefully my parents are having a good time in Mayo, I wish I could be there. Thankfully Mike will be 'taking them for lunch' tomorrow. Hopefully we will be able to post some pictures of that soon.

Take care!