Two Days to Initial Deployment to Resolute Bay
Today an Air National Guard C-130 Hercules is making it's way to Moffett Field at NASA Ames to be loaded with gear destined for the HMP Research Station (HMP-RS) on Devon Island, high arctic.
This will be one of three support flights that the Air National Guard will provide to the HMP this year. After taking on supplies today, the Herc will fly to Vancouver, BC tomorrow to pick up additional gear and passengers for a flight on Thursday to Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island. Resolute Bay is the staging point for all field deployments for projects in the Canadian high arctic.
Once in Resolute the Herc will unload it's gear and the Mars Institute core team will make preparations to ferry over to the HMP-RS on Devon Island. Optimally the team will deploy to the HMP-RS on Saturday, June 28th if weather conditions permit. In the high arctic and in particular Resolute Bay, weather is always a factor for deployment, whether it's wind, fog or snow.
