Sunday 18 September 2016

Return to Labrador: Part 2

With some nasty weather fast approaching, we decided to do the glider testing and deployment all in one day. We thank the crew of the fishing vessel Northern Star for all their help.

Before heading out for the deployment, we did a test dive in the harbour from a small boat.

While the others were out with the glider on the boat (seen in the far distance), Robin did the glider piloting from the comfort of the van. Note the antenna cable coming out the window.

Testing done, our gear was loaded onto the 63-foot fishing vessel we'd chartered for the deployment. We then made the four hour steam out to the deployment site.

Gannet Islands - our deployment location.

The islands are an ecological reserve and home to puffins, razorbills and murres.

Mark preps the glider for deployment. The Ganett islands can be seen in the background.

Working with the roll of the boat, we slid the glider in over the side. Once in the water, the captain (left with his hands on the controls) quickly maneuvered the boat out of the way.

Deployment over, we made the long steam back to Cartwright, arriving back by dusk.

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