I have one grad student working up there. Luvs it. Surveyor.
FYI -19C here , -2.2 F , only downhill from here and it will start rising again in May.
Yep, last winter we had several weeks straight were the temperature did not get above -20°C. Nightly lows dropped below -40.
But we have it easy compared to those poor guys up north. A winter night on Baffin Island is about as extreme as it gets, and you also have to watch out for Polar Bears!
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
I think our advantage over you guys is that we will only have this for a day or two before we get back to just cold. You get it for the next four or five months.
York1 John
York1 Overmod It's a balmy -24 in Mary River tonight, but the good news is that it will have risen to a sunny -14 by Wednesday. Of course, that's degrees C, so not quite as bad as it looks... We're almost two thousand miles south of there and we're going to be -14C (6°F) tonight. It's cold outside, and I don't care what anyone else thinks.
Overmod It's a balmy -24 in Mary River tonight, but the good news is that it will have risen to a sunny -14 by Wednesday. Of course, that's degrees C, so not quite as bad as it looks...
It's a balmy -24 in Mary River tonight, but the good news is that it will have risen to a sunny -14 by Wednesday.
Of course, that's degrees C, so not quite as bad as it looks...
We're almost two thousand miles south of there and we're going to be -14C (6°F) tonight. It's cold outside, and I don't care what anyone else thinks.
You guys probably have a hurricane prairie wind too!
I am sitting in the midst of a Chinook right now. It was -25°C last night, is currently just below freezing, and should be about +5°C tomorrow.
Good to see it's still summer up there!
Some more news updates that I didn't find at first:
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/baffinlands-railway-plans-under-scrutiny-at-review-board-hearing/
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/baffinland-hearing-abruptly-ends-with-sessions-cancelled-in-pond-inlet/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-impact-review-board-baffinland-mary-river-mine-1.5353482
Oh, mining!
I've certainly heard of Baffin Island but had no idea there was mining going on up there. Learn something every day...
If that's the Baffinland locomotive paint scheme it'll sure be easy to spot!
I was surprised to learn recently that this project has been quietly moving forward for some time, even though it does not appear to have official regulatory approval yet from Canadian authorities.
For those not familiar with the area, Baffin Island is located in the northeast part of the Canadian Arctic, between the Hudson Bay and Greenland. It is Canada's largest island, and the fifth largest island in the world.
If built, the Baffinland system will be the northernmost railway in the world.
http://www.baffinland.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_River_Mine
Latest news:
https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/baffinlands-massive-railway-based-sealift-angers-pond-inlet/
Initial locomotive lease agreement:
https://www.stb.gov/recordations.nsf/f8e6632940c078dd85256b70005e5183/ea4f6c62512e7711852581aa00717409/$FILE/32759.pdf
If that link doesn't work this one should:
https://www.stb.gov/recordations.nsf/f8e6632940c078dd85256b70005e5183/ea4f6c62512e7711852581aa00717409?OpenDocument
A locomotive at the GE/Wabtec Erie plant:
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