I live in a world of green. This year it is especially so with all the rain we have been getting in Virginia. Landscaping our yard is still a work […]
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MARS-1 Humvee Rover Reaches Devon Island After Successful Crossing of Frozen Arctic Sea
The Mars Institute today announced that its MARS-1 Humvee rover has reached Devon Island in the Canadian high Arctic after successfully crossing the Wellington Channel, a 23 mile (37 km) […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 2 Sep 2002: Home +30
I have been home for as long as I was away.
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 2 Aug 2002: Green Overdose; Home At Last
I got all of three hours of sleep last night. Before I had a chance to fall fully asleep I was awake getting ready to leave for the airport. I […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 1 Aug 2002: Departure Into Darkness
Today began like yesterday: the plane may come in to Resolute – it may not. As the morning progressed we got news that it had left Ottawa and was heading […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 31 Jul 2002: Culture Shock and Flight Delays
I awoke this morning to a slight amount of disorientation: being inside a building in a bed with a TV in front of me – not in a noisy tent […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 30 July 2002: Departure and Arrival
I got up around 6:00 this morning so as to get all of my packing out of the way. When it is your day to fly out you need to […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 29 July 2002: Showering Near The North Pole; One Last Look Around
I took a shower today – my fourth since arriving here. So long as you can wash your hands and face – and make use of the “wipes” that everyone […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 28 July 2002 Drilling Into Permafrost And Leaving Footprints For Eternity
I started the day out by drilling a dozen holes into the ground for a dozen metal anchors. One-meter lengths of rebar were then to be placed in the holes. […]
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Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 27 July 2002: Anchors and Anemometers
Last night Rob Stewart, a University of Calgary geophysicist, and his grad student, Rob Birch were out digging pilot holes in the ground to assess where the permafrost is. They will eventually […]