GETTING TO THE HAUGHTON IMPACT STRUCTURE
FIRST LEG: FLIGHT TO RESOLUTE BAY, CORNWALLIS ISLAND, NUNAVUT
Not every plane can land on the dirt airstrip at Resolute Bay... only specially modified Boeing 727 or 737s make the bi-weekly flight from Iqaluit. |
The airport at Resolute Bay may look small, but it is usually very busy during the short summer months. |
Resolute Bay is the second most northern community of Nunavut, with a year-round population of 255 people, mostly of Inuit origin. |
OK, we're ready to head off to the Haughton impact structure on Devon Island, a short 50 minute northeasterly flight on a Twin Otter plane. |
SECOND LEG: FLIGHT TO DEVON ISLAND, CANADA
Devon Island and Cornwallis Island are separated by a stretch of Arctic Ocean called the Wellington Sound. In this overhead view from the Twin Otter plane, tracks can be seen in the ice sheet where ice-breaker ships have traversed across the Sound. These are more apparent in the picture to the right. |
Flying over Cornwallis Island, you'll notice that summer is slow to come to these northern regions. The date is July 1st -- Canada Day! |
Devon Island and Cornwallis Island are separated by a stretch of Arctic Ocean called the Wellington Sound, which is frozen over in this picture. |
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