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Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by Gremmie
(Post 9588679)
Where's the snow and ice:confused::confused:
I need to get out more! |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Looks like the OP had a glorified holiday up there, hope he doesn't call that work Thanks for the pics OP, not something one gets to see very often. |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by GavinR
(Post 9588928)
Picking up bits of dead bodies doesn't sound much like a holiday to me.
Thanks for the pics OP, not something one gets to see very often. |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by Gremmie
(Post 9588971)
He did not say he was picking up any dead bodies, you've assumed that.
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Re: Back from the Arctic
Resolute Bay is a tourism juggernaut. Millions pass through annually. The dozens of 5 star hotels are ranked among the most posh and chic in the world.
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Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by GavinR
(Post 9588991)
Even seeing them is not particularly pleasant, not what I'd call a holiday.
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Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by Gremmie
(Post 9588971)
He did not say he was picking up any dead bodies, you've assumed that.
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Re: Back from the Arctic
The RAF has their own team. I knew one of them. He and his co-workers apparently were "not liked very much" by the other flyers.
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 9589082)
Apparently there's a skill to collecting all the bits in the proper fashion and you can't trust that to any man in a uniform.
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Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 9589082)
There are actual teams of body baggers who are flown to crash sites. Apparently there's a skill to collecting all the bits in the proper fashion and you can't trust that to any man in a uniform.
For instance, many of the items (read into that what you want) from the 1998 Swiss Air disaster were picked up by Forces personnel (both on the water and along the shoreline). The black box recovered from that crash was located and recovered by a friend and fellow paratrooper: http://navydiver.ca/news/SixtyMetres...ordArticle.pdf |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Thanks for taking the effort to post the photos.
Joking aside, that place reminded me of Sunderland. But with technology. |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Why do the Rangers wear bright red? They don't exactly blend into the background.
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Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by airbornesapper
(Post 9589124)
How wrong you are as per usual. Sure there are trained pers...and many who just get on with things as tasked.
For instance, many of the items (read into that what you want) from the 1998 Swiss Air disaster were picked up by Forces personnel (both on the water and along the shoreline). The black box recovered from that crash was located and recovered by a friend and fellow paratrooper: http://navydiver.ca/news/SixtyMetres...ordArticle.pdf |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 9590044)
Well, sure, if a government doesn't have people on hand with the skills for a task, they call in the army. Collecting wreckage, clearing Toronto's snow, that's the sort of odd job that justifies keeping a standing army.
Obvious to most I am sure...but to one at least, it is not...:cool: |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Originally Posted by ann m
(Post 9588712)
Well, I think your photos are good :p
The landscape is bleak as a bleak thing - and while bleak, it is also interesting and I shall not complain about prairie grassland ever again. Gremmie - it's summer innit? ;) Thank you very much for the comments....I am glad I took the DSLR camera, and I'll be sure to post more pics. The launcher mentioned in another post was to launch a UAV ( scan eagle that is capable of 24hr fly time ) and the live feed pictures are just mind blowing on the big screen. The crash meant we couldn't go ahead with the MAJAID ( major air disaster ) that we had planned, for a couple of days later. The 24hr daylight was sure interesting, coming out of the tent at 2 or 2am with the sun still out. The lanscape is bleak as you mentioned, not a tree in sight or flowers for that matter. |
Re: Back from the Arctic
Were there any decent pubs about?
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