A singing & dancing penguin. He was probably celebrating yet another hurdle overcome by the Offshore New Harbor team.
We had yet another obstacle thrown at us: the air compressor that charges the air gun suddenly stopped working. This is a certain showstopper as the only means to shot the air gun is with an operational air compressor. While the flagging team was off setting another record for flagging the line using a transit, the seismic team, with Marv and Stian began to develop a number of options. Firstly, Stian went to work trying to work around the most probable problem; namely that the computer was giving false read outs which caused it to shut off the compressor. People back in town also went right to bat for us and quickly firstly find and get the parts for a compressor that was at the station. The third option that was seized on was calling the manufacturer Bauer, and get a replacement computer for the compressor. All of these options were already in motion by the time the flagging team returned back to camp. Yesterday and into the night, Stian worked on the compressor and in the end believes that he was able to solve the problem at least temporarily. Today, the seismic team was able to get another 21 holes done, even with the problems of the air compressor. The decision was made to move up to the multi-year sea ice for now so the drillers would not have to wait for the seismic team and the air compressor.
On another positive note, flagging was completed today for a total of 481 flags. Steve was on the team most of the time, resulting in walking over 40 km of the lines. It is nice that this part of the work is done.
Steve and Howie at the end of the second seismic line.
