Update from Inuvik, NWT

Hi all, I am currently in Inuvik, NWT.  I left Ontario on the 15th and then left BC on the 22nd.  Nothing much was done while in BC - mostly just relaxing and enjoying family time with my parents.  My trip up north started on the 23rd from Edmonton to Inuvik, via Yellowknife and Norman Wells.  Here in Inuvik, we were suppose to fly out to Ivvavik National Park on the morning of 26th.  However, once we were in the air and near Sheep Creek, we found that it was covered by thick clouds and snow, and so we had to turn back to Inuvik.  We tried again on the 27th, but due to pilot unavailability (in the morning) and poor weather again (in the afternoon), we were grounded for one more day.

Today is the 28th and I really really hope that we can take off today and get my field season started.

Here are some photos that I took for the past few days.  No time for description for the photos, but they are pretty self explanatory.

From Edmonton to Yellowknife to Norman Wells to Inuvik

Arrived at Inuvik two days ago. The weather has been quite incredible so far - super sunny, cloudless sky, 24 hour daylight, and no mosquitoes yet. Here are photos from my journey from Edmonton to Inuvik.

Flying over some pretty incredible landscape, especially over places where you can't see any human destruction at all.

I am back...in Canada!

Sorry for not posting in such a long time, but my life was too full for me to post in the last couple of weeks, especially with me coming back from my work trip in southern Taiwan, saying good-byes to all of my friends in Taipei, packing to go back to central Taiwan, saying good-byes again to all of my family members, packing again to come back to Vancouver (via Japan), etc etc. Ahhh!

Well, I am finally back in Canada again. My plans? To finish up writing my paper, meet up with friends, go back to school and talk to professors about my paper and grad school, and whatever happens along the way.

This summer, I learned that planning is just a guideline, not something written in stone. Who would had thought that I ended up assisting a bird research project (instead of helping with a moth survey, which never happened, by the way), writing a paper, staying in Taiwan for an extended two more months, and meeting such wonderful people. I am so grateful!

I'll post some photos when I have time, but now I'm heading to sleep.

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