Shovel and Bucket Geology

August 14

There was a bit of a shake-up today, in terms of crews. Heather spent today with Fred, from the GGL crew and I spent the day with John (whom I refer to as the Professor in my head). They did prospecting, but I got to try out till sampling, which basically involves walking to a pre-chosen waypoint and digging out 2 large buckets of dirt, describing it, and then putting it in a big sack to be picked up later by helicopter. I was the shovel (wo)man.

Lots of walking then shoveling then walking again. The weight of the samples ranged from 26 t0 35kg (57-77lbs) depending on water content, so lifting those sacks was quite the workout on top of all the shoveling. The weather cleared up finally and I don't have to walk around with five layers on, but I don't trust it anymore- I have this sneaking suspicioun that it will snow before I leave (8 days to go!), but we'll see. Nothing much else to report, but I'll keep you posted.

-A.