Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Sable Island 2007

An older trip .. to visit to Sable Island in 2007 to fix problem with POSS.

My chariot awaits
View from the air

Environment Canada's Upper Air Station Sable Island

We have arrived on the beach

Some of the locals

Portable Wind Sock

Upper Air Station

AWOS Shack and some Sable Island Ponies in the background






A few of the thousands of seals on the island


After the floods in Cape Breton Dec 2010

On my way from Northeast Margaree site to Grand Etang.


Hmmm .. there appears to be a bridge missing.  Wonder what happened to it?




Aha .. found it a kilometer downstream!

North Mountain, Cape Breton Jan 2011

A visit to deal with a full precipitation gauge.

Moose on the road heading up into the Highlands from Cheticamp


A bit more snow than in Halifax!


Time for snowshoes
Another Moose on the highway heading back to Cheticamp

Out of the Highlands

2011 Canada Games installs

Installing temporary weather station at Mount Martock near Windsor, NS.


Looking down on the Avon Valley from Martock
Snow cat towing one of our trucks up the hill
Made it to the top

Drilling holes for bases
Mounts glued into rock
All Done