hey guys, it's me, i'm in the arctic, living in an igloo.

phaedrus · 06-25-2006, 10:46 PM

ok, no igloos at this time of year. but i'm in a pretty sweet little construction camp in the middle of the canadian arctic.

i'm going to post pictures in this thread all summer long whenever i have the time and patience. some of it will be work related, some just for fun. here it goes...

this is a typical shot from an inuit community. the kid just jumped into my picture. what a punk.

topleybird · 06-25-2006, 10:49 PM

trade him for whale blubber

Floppy Nono · 06-25-2006, 10:49 PM

i thought he was you for a minute...i was about to question your post in the dreams thread

phaedrus · 06-25-2006, 10:49 PM

this is home.

this is my office, at the back of our lab trailer, where i'll be posting from most of the time:

Floppy Nono · 06-25-2006, 10:50 PM

i love how that one container has to have "container" stamped right on it...like anyone could confuse it for a pool or a tree

Mariner · 06-25-2006, 10:51 PM

awesome

phaedrus · 06-25-2006, 10:56 PM

here are some random shots i took of structures around camp contrasted against the sky.

framework for the mechanics tent:

exhaust from one of two generators servicing the site:

phaedrus · 06-25-2006, 11:01 PM

to come at a later date, i hope:

wildlife shots: caribou, arctic fox (1 shot at a distance already), lemmings, snowy owls, swans, snow geese, eider ducks, canada geese, and arctic char (provided i can catch one).

i have seen all of these in the three days i've been here. i might also see musk ox and polar bears.

now back to writing this memo about the goddamn sewage lagoon. i hope you don't want a picture of that.

Floppy Nono · 06-25-2006, 11:04 PM

hey...if you're going to document it might as well document the whole thing

alexthestampede · 06-25-2006, 11:24 PM

looks really ugly. reminiscent of that "inuit superman" video that made it on to "Max X"

Junebug · 06-25-2006, 11:35 PM

thanks dude. it looks...a lot warmer than i thought it would be

DeviousJ · 06-25-2006, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Junebug

thanks dude. it looks...a lot warmer than i thought it would be

Feel like a swim?

ohnoitsbonnie · 06-25-2006, 11:41 PM

you rock!

Junebug · 06-25-2006, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DeviousJ

Feel like a swim?

i love how jumping in cold water makes you feel like you can't breathe. so YES, yes indeed i do feel like a swim. care to join me? or are you too much of a NINNY?

phaedrus are you going to tell us if the researches do any wacky stuff up there? like running around a fire naked or something? (that's as wacky as my mind gets, sorry).

Mablak · 06-25-2006, 11:52 PM

What exactly is it that you would say you do in the arctic? I hear the arctic is downsizing.

DeviousJ · 06-25-2006, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junebug

i love how jumping in cold water makes you feel like you can't breathe. so YES, yes indeed i do feel like a swim. care to join me? or are you too much of a NINNY?

I don't think I've ever done that - so yeah, I'm up for the challenge. I read about saunas in Malmo, Sweden where you sit in there, get really hot and sweat, then you run out naked into the snow and jump into a freezing lake. Then I think you do it again

Junebug · 06-26-2006, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeviousJ

I don't think I've ever done that - so yeah, I'm up for the challenge. I read about saunas in Malmo, Sweden where you sit in there, get really hot and sweat, then you run out naked into the snow and jump into a freezing lake. Then I think you do it again

last one out is a popsicle!

i used to do something similar but not as extreme or cool when i was young (sit in a hot tub in november, jump into the unheated pool, back into the hot tub). it felt really gross, like all your pores were opened up and needles were seeping out of your skin, but not painful. or something. let's hope the arctic is kinder.

Aeroplane · 06-26-2006, 12:16 AM

cool!

TuralyonW3 · 06-26-2006, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phaedrus

this is a typical shot from an inuit community. the kid just jumped into my picture. what a punk.

RACIST

Mablak · 06-26-2006, 12:23 AM

It's not that big a deal, the inuits are more of a novelty race

daydreamer999 · 06-26-2006, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phaedrus

to come at a later date, i hope:

wildlife shots: caribou, arctic fox (1 shot at a distance already), lemmings, snowy owls, swans, snow geese, eider ducks, canada geese, and arctic char (provided i can catch one).

i have seen all of these in the three days i've been here. i might also see musk ox and polar bears.

now back to writing this memo about the goddamn sewage lagoon. i hope you don't want a picture of that.

make sure you're riding the caribou, otherwise i'm not interested.

TuralyonW3 · 06-26-2006, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mablak

It's not that big a deal, the inuits are more of a novelty race

LOL

Never Nohen · 06-26-2006, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Junebug

last one out is a popsicle!

i used to do something similar but not as extreme or cool when i was young (sit in a hot tub in november, jump into the unheated pool, back into the hot tub). it felt really gross, like all your pores were opened up and needles were seeping out of your skin, but not painful. or something. let's hope the arctic is kinder.

That sounds really awesome. Weird, but awesome. Now I really want to do that. People here keep telling us we'll get an opportunity to "Polar Plunge" - go jump into the below-freezing seawater and then out and run into the sauna. But every weekend it gets planned for, they end up cancelling it because it's too cold to get the chainsaw started, so they can't cut a hole in the sea-ice. Now I'm gonna be extra sad if we don't get to do it before the season's over.

Never Nohen · 06-26-2006, 12:57 AM

Sweet pictures, Phaedrus! I especially like the first one.

What kind of work are you doing up there? If you wanna PM me your e-mail address, I'd love to trade stories, pictures etc. and see how living in the Artic is different/similar to the Antarctic. Your photos remind me of summer down here - which was crazy and awesome, and now I'm all nostalgic for the constant sunlight and warm weather. Post more!

puss in boots · 06-26-2006, 02:03 AM

in greenland there was a natural hot pool near the water so we ran from there into the sea and back again. it was so cold. it makes you feel badass to be in the same water as icebergs:D i miss icebergs

PkPhuoko · 06-26-2006, 02:14 AM

do they have head there? and did you by any chance get some?

daydreamer999 · 06-26-2006, 03:18 AM

it's good to see that pkphuoko is keeping the spirit of netphoria alive, and with such eloquence!

Mariner · 06-26-2006, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeviousJ

I don't think I've ever done that - so yeah, I'm up for the challenge. I read about saunas in Malmo, Sweden where you sit in there, get really hot and sweat, then you run out naked into the snow and jump into a freezing lake. Then I think you do it again

and again, and again, and again...

i did it 12x once.

ah, minnesota...

Rockin' Cherub · 06-26-2006, 04:54 PM

you obviously worship a rectangular god

Nimrod's Son · 06-26-2006, 05:04 PM

You're like the anti-never_nohen

06-25-2006, 10:49 PM	#2
topleybird Janis Jopleybird Location: Let me see the booty hop. And now make the booty stop. Now drop, and do the booty wop. Posts: 4,533	trade him for whale blubber

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Floppy Nono Socialphobic Posts: 12,722	i thought he was you for a minute...i was about to question your post in the dreams thread

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Floppy Nono Socialphobic Posts: 12,722	i love how that one container has to have "container" stamped right on it...like anyone could confuse it for a pool or a tree

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Mariner OB-GYN Kenobi Location: the sea Posts: 17,020	awesome

06-25-2006, 11:01 PM	#8
phaedrus Minion of Satan Location: up there somewhere Posts: 8,014	to come at a later date, i hope: wildlife shots: caribou, arctic fox (1 shot at a distance already), lemmings, snowy owls, swans, snow geese, eider ducks, canada geese, and arctic char (provided i can catch one). i have seen all of these in the three days i've been here. i might also see musk ox and polar bears. now back to writing this memo about the goddamn sewage lagoon. i hope you don't want a picture of that.

06-25-2006, 11:04 PM	#9
Floppy Nono Socialphobic Posts: 12,722	hey...if you're going to document it might as well document the whole thing

06-25-2006, 11:24 PM	#10
alexthestampede Banned Location: I am from the sea! Posts: 4,947	looks really ugly. reminiscent of that "inuit superman" video that made it on to "Max X"

06-25-2006, 11:35 PM	#11
Junebug Minion of Satan Posts: 7,072	thanks dude. it looks...a lot warmer than i thought it would be

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ohnoitsbonnie Banned Location: somerville, nj Posts: 23,383	you rock!

06-25-2006, 11:52 PM	#15
Mablak Minion of Satan Location: Well, if it isn't my old friend, Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg! Posts: 6,413	What exactly is it that you would say you do in the arctic? I hear the arctic is downsizing.

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Aeroplane Minion of Satan Location: fine. i must finally admit it: LA, CA Posts: 8,587	cool!

06-26-2006, 12:23 AM	#20
Mablak Minion of Satan Location: Well, if it isn't my old friend, Mr. McGreg, with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg! Posts: 6,413	It's not that big a deal, the inuits are more of a novelty race

06-26-2006, 12:57 AM	#24
Never Nohen Apocalyptic Poster Location: Never Never Land Posts: 2,981	Sweet pictures, Phaedrus! I especially like the first one. What kind of work are you doing up there? If you wanna PM me your e-mail address, I'd love to trade stories, pictures etc. and see how living in the Artic is different/similar to the Antarctic. Your photos remind me of summer down here - which was crazy and awesome, and now I'm all nostalgic for the constant sunlight and warm weather. Post more!

06-26-2006, 02:03 AM	#25
puss in boots Banned Posts: 127	in greenland there was a natural hot pool near the water so we ran from there into the sea and back again. it was so cold. it makes you feel badass to be in the same water as icebergs:D i miss icebergs

06-26-2006, 02:14 AM	#26
PkPhuoko Minion of Satan Posts: 6,309	do they have head there? and did you by any chance get some?

06-26-2006, 03:18 AM	#27
daydreamer999 Minion of Satan Posts: 5,782	it's good to see that pkphuoko is keeping the spirit of netphoria alive, and with such eloquence!

06-26-2006, 04:54 PM	#29
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,192	you obviously worship a rectangular god

06-26-2006, 05:04 PM	#30
Nimrod's Son Master of Karate and Friendship Location: in your butt Posts: 72,943	You're like the anti-never_nohen