Faye and Maciek's Adventures in the frosty Canadian North
Since I last wrote about this, I have completed another two seasons of polar bear fieldwork, and the project is now wrapped up. In 2022, my crew ended up getting COVID and being trapped in a small town for most of the fieldwork.
I’m not allowed to post work photos that I took of wildlife, but I can re-share them if the department uses them, so here are some polar bear photos that I took:
After years of COVID-related delays, Maciek finally got his Canadian citizenship! We threw him a big party with a poutine bar and a Caesar bar and lots of other Canadiana. The attendees all took an online citizenship test, which the vast majority of people failed.
A couple of days later was his birthday, so I made a playable Blokus cake.
I had the chance to get out into the Richardson Mountains on some field work. This is the range we can see from town (and go hiking in occasionally), but this time I was in a helicopter so it was much faster and easier to get there.
