Pole to pole! Part 2
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:25 pmPart one is here.
After a quick refuel; Edward lets me know he's keen to keep on going for Cambridge Bay. Fine by me - we're going to need to cover as much ground as possible before the long run into the Alaska wilderness. So with the engines still warm; we crank her over again and set off across the Northwest Passage.
Pulling away from the pumps.
Leaving Resolute Bay - and good riddance. What a dull place!
Out over the Northwest Passage. That's clearly Russel Island; off the north coast of Prince of Wales Island. So that puts me right over the little blue C on the map. 
The visibility is really annoying - but that's definitely the south coast of Victoria Island up ahead. Cambridge Bay is off to the right. I don't want to fly straight for it; I'd rather hit the coast then approach using the shoreline as a guide.
There's Cambridge Bay - barely two miles away and it's still barely visible. Lucky they have PAPIS.
On approach - through rain and a stiff headwind.
On the ground, taxiing to the pumps. This place is even duller than Resolute Bay!
After a quick refuel; Edward lets me know he's keen to keep on going for Cambridge Bay. Fine by me - we're going to need to cover as much ground as possible before the long run into the Alaska wilderness. So with the engines still warm; we crank her over again and set off across the Northwest Passage.
Pulling away from the pumps. Leaving Resolute Bay - and good riddance. What a dull place! Out over the Northwest Passage. That's clearly Russel Island; off the north coast of Prince of Wales Island. So that puts me right over the little blue C on the map. The visibility is really annoying - but that's definitely the south coast of Victoria Island up ahead. Cambridge Bay is off to the right. I don't want to fly straight for it; I'd rather hit the coast then approach using the shoreline as a guide. There's Cambridge Bay - barely two miles away and it's still barely visible. Lucky they have PAPIS. On approach - through rain and a stiff headwind. On the ground, taxiing to the pumps. This place is even duller than Resolute Bay!