Preliminary work underway on High Arctic naval port

good to hear....

the sooner the better

About bloody time.

Hope they address the fuel and food shortage thats plauged the arctic for 3 years now.
Funny how thats low priority but a base to watch for non existant russians is.

Dont get me wrong,im all for any deep port up there.They need fuel and food,more then soldiers.

On a related note they are doing major work and upgrading on the DEW line for the first time in years.
I could have went but its like 5 months on and very little time off.

Agreed with everyone else (two people but hey) Its about time.

Dont you think our govt. should address the fuel and food shortage up there the last 3 or 4 years first?

The one reason the Innuit approved so heartily was because they thought this would ease those problems.

Why do people ignore all the stories that have been on the news about the shortages and pay more attention to fearmongering about Russian subs?

I must have posted ten news stories this february from the kivalik and not one response was to be had.
Yet post one blurb from the media about Russians coming or hans island getting scooped and everyones up in arms.

Sometimes I just gotta shake my head.

Dont you think our govt. should address the fuel and food shortage up there the last 3 or 4 years first?

The one reason the Innuit approved so heartily was because they thought this would ease those problems.

Why do people ignore all the stories that have been on the news about the shortages and pay more attention to fearmongering about Russian subs?

I must have posted ten news stories this february from the kivalik and not one response was to be had.
Yet post one blurb from the media about Russians coming or hans island getting scooped and everyones up in arms.

Sometimes I just gotta shake my head.

Okay, I didn't notice that you posted first, so don't think I intended to ignore you. Anyway, I think once the upgrade begins, the government WILL have to face the supply issue, since, as we all know, government always needs more resources and money to complete anything. Once they realize that steel, gasoline, concrete and whatever else is ALOT harder to acquire in the North, they will start to upgrade infrastructure.

That's my opinion though. I will never claim to be an expert on Northern supply lines. The Americans have it easy with Alaska, considering its not a series of islands. I think with this base, it'd be easier to get some ice breakers refueled, thus allowing supply ships through faster as well.

Dont you think our govt. should address the fuel and food shortage up there the last 3 or 4 years first?

The one reason the Innuit approved so heartily was because they thought this would ease those problems.

Why do people ignore all the stories that have been on the news about the shortages and pay more attention to fearmongering about Russian subs?

I must have posted ten news stories this february from the kivalik and not one response was to be had.
Yet post one blurb from the media about Russians coming or hans island getting scooped and everyones up in arms.

Sometimes I just gotta shake my head.

Okay, I didn't notice that you posted first, so don't think I intended to ignore you. Anyway, I think once the upgrade begins, the government WILL have to face the supply issue, since, as we all know, government always needs more resources and money to complete anything. Once they realize that steel, gasoline, concrete and whatever else is ALOT harder to acquire in the North, they will start to upgrade infrastructure.

That's my opinion though. I will never claim to be an expert on Northern supply lines. The Americans have it easy with Alaska, considering its not a series of islands. I think with this base, it'd be easier to get some ice breakers refueled, thus allowing supply ships through faster as well.

Alaska's a very long ways from this port. About 12 hours or more if it was a straight flight.
10 hours or more from Winnipeg or Yellowknife to the port in a 737.
But you would never have a straight flight,milk run all the way.

So it might take you 2 or 5 days because nothing moves fast in the arctic.
And the taxpayers fund the fuel subsidies for up there.
Jet A or B is not available anywhere,you fly it in at enormous costs.
Gravel or sand for concrete costs $1000.00 a bag and their the size of boy scout sand bags.
A bottle of whiskey costs $250.00.

So I have been mulling over in my head wether I should go back to north of Rankin one last time next week and this thread has made up my mind.
I'm going back for 2 weeks,then my bud comes back and shuts the camp down for the winter.Anything north of Thompson pretty well shuts down in late september as the Hudson bay starts to freeze in all the fuel barges.
He's been calling me all week but bad sat links make it hard to get ahold of anyone.

I'll be looking for the Russians and media people who dont leave their hotel but will still pen an article about the horrors of the north with global climate change and iconic pics of polar bears drowning on the melting ice floes.

Think I leave on the 13th,good fishing,heli rides! otter rides!
Camp in a tent! fish at 3:00am and get a freaking sunburn!

How could I turn this down?
This is the only good month up there.

Well,im penciled in and an intinerary is on the way.

Im going back for 2 weeks.
Watch this video to see why.

The gig is for ten days,I get the old kitchen and no room mates.lol!

"Zig go's and put's the 60 pound test back on his telescopic rod and gets the Cam equipment ready"

Fly to winnipeg next week then off to Rankin,I'll keep you folks notified on any Russian sub sightings unless they dont have the spicy sauce and then i'll call 911.

Fuck....I'm so happy,because exploration camps dont usually have a big budget but this one is making it worthwhile.

Finally, this whould have been done a while ago. The North seems to always be left unattended but i guess thats all changing with the warmer temperatures.

Dont you think our govt. should address the fuel and food shortage up there the last 3 or 4 years first?

The one reason the Innuit approved so heartily was because they thought this would ease those problems.

Why do people ignore all the stories that have been on the news about the shortages and pay more attention to fearmongering about Russian subs?

I must have posted ten news stories this february from the kivalik and not one response was to be had.
Yet post one blurb from the media about Russians coming or hans island getting scooped and everyones up in arms.

Sometimes I just gotta shake my head.

If someone wanted to build the port to ship food they'd be called a socialist. Isn't playing soldiers more important than feeding citizens?
Maybe a couple Russian ships will drop in to refuel there and they'll sell vodka and caviar cheaper than you can buy hot dog buns....

I somehow see proper highways to Tuktoyaktuk and Churchill eventually being built.

I dunno how possible highways are in the high arctic with the constant freezing and melting of the permafrost, and the prospect of possible climate change effects.

Polar bear vs dog