According to plan, at this point, I should have been in the air between Pevek and Moscow.
This morning I went to shower so I would feel a little better on the long flight from Pevek to Moscow. When I returned to the room, I learned the disappointing news that our plane never left Moscow...consequently we had no plane for the return trip. Now my return flights to the US will also need to be re-booked.
The temperature is dropping which is good for the work at the lake.
Unfortunately, because of another worn part on the drill rig, the drilling at the lake has stopped until replacement parts are delivered with the flight from Moscow.
Such is the pace of life working in the Siberian Arctic.
Today I worked on editing and reducing my collection of over two thousand digital images from this trip.
I wanted to share a little more from my life at the lake.
So why did we come...Here is the last of my video conversations with Julie Brigham-Grette. In this clip she discusses the history of the project and what motivates her to come most of the way around the world to drill in this remote Arctic lake.
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Hopefully we fly tomorrow...
T-Mart...staying warm still in Siberia