Well, today we were supposed to be up early and take off in a small plane for our first leg of the Canadian Arctic. Right after an early breakfast we got word the airport at Cambridge Bay was completely socked it with fog. .so the wait began. We had gathered in a patio and other area as our rooms were over. Every HOUR awe got an update…it got tedious. Making it more complicated was the group who had just gotten off the ship was waiting for our planes to arrive, empty us and fill with them for the trip back.
After about 6 hours, we were given a signal to go. The hotel kindly threw together box lunches as we were all really hungry. We boarded a bus and the lunches were passed out and we drove to the airport. The plane was much bigger than I thought, and the reason was they had a lot of people to transport in a shorter time, so they got the service of a plane group that supplies workers to the oil fields and mines in the Arctic. It was kind of weird and they served us BREAKFAST…..at about 4 pm. I wanted wine, but alas, this was a service plane, not a tourist operation. The good part is it went much faster than our original plane.
We landed on a packed gravel runway, and it was surprisingly smooth. The airport was tiny, and the funniest part was the locals came out in their trucks and cars and transported us to the rubber rafts . Let the adventure begin!
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