Outdoor Moments

One morning we woke up in Dawn Lake and the sight was one that none of us could believe. The beautiful snow in June was breath-taking but dangerous on the trail.

This Eagle showed up at our camp with a damaged wing. We kept it in the camp for several days while it mended itself.

Even late at night, the sun was still visible. Looking northward here, we can see the sun is still quite high in the sky.

My friend Greg Whelan takes in some fishing one evening. While in Northern Saskatchewan, I went fishing only once. I packed up and went out onto the lake, cast once, snagged, then quit.

While working up North, I began to get used to travelling to and from work in a helicopter. The most thrilling rides saw me go with the pilot to pick up my moose antler which I had left behind. When we returned to camp, the pilot came in at tree-top level, went over a drumlin and flew acrosss the lake. At the camp he performed a "hammer-head" manouver. flying at the camp he suddenly went vertical at our site. As he did this he noticed (at the last second) that there was a very large tree. As he pulled up he touched the tree. At the top of the motion the helicopter "stalls", he turns it and we come back down.

A view we often saw as we were "driving" to work. Helicopter pilots are known for their "bravery". When necessary a copter was known to clear a larger opening for landing when underbrush was too dense.

In the summer of 1982, I set off on a geophysics work term, doing uranium prospecting work for Asamera. It was my first summer after being married and I was to be away from my wife for three months.

Leonard walks along one of our "highways" atop a glacial feature called an esker. These forgotten features were once river beds which wound beneath 1 kilometre-thick glaciers. Of the two types of paths, cut-lines and eskers, this was the preferred mode of travel.

Greg surveys the rock field which lay, outstretched before him. When this type of terrain was encountered, the prospectors (our crew), walked along and performed scintillation readings so that we would know if there were any "hot rocks" in the collection.

"Funny, I thought we were supposed to go this way." Leonard, Pete, Rob and Greg on the trail.

Our helicopter pilot provides us with a spectacular Parting Shot as he leaves one day.