Our vigilance had to increase a few notches as we finally heard of big news...yup that's right...news of the first polar bear siting!!!!
and no.., Amanda, even though you may have tricked me at first, you are not a bear.
Although not by us, early this morning there was apparently a young bear seen just east of our location...apparently heading west...so we thought " hmm, time to step up our protection" so we brought along a bear banger revolver as well as our standard pump action...woo hoo!
So Ingrid took on the task of lookout today, while Amanda and I did some zooplankton catching.
In other news, we have found that in some places the terrain has become strangely difficult to navigate. Karl, it never mentioned in the paper that we signed that we would be doing intense mountaineering!
But that's OK we've adapted quite well to the challenges of Bluff D and created a well oiled zooplankton sampling machine! and suprisingly none of us have gotten too wet....yet!
Well tomorrow is another day of sampling as long as the rain and chilly winds hold out. But if not we are collecting, we have a large amount of samples to Continue processing, hope its warmer in the lab eh fellow planktoneers?!Until, next time!
You girls are incredible!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you do if your lookout actually sees a bear?
Use all our wits and skills to stay safe!
ReplyDeleteWe haven't seen one yet this year, but i think the plan is: If the bear is far away and not approaching, the bearguard will keep watching it, and the others can keep working. If it gets too close for comfort, we go back to the truck. The other, potentially more gruesome scenarios would involve the use of firearms...