A few years ago I took a gig filming a documentary on diamond mining in the far north Canadian arctic. It was a fantastic trip and the film received much praise. The story of the trip has been reprinted in numerous places, but I'll point you to my friends at DVinfo.net as that version includes photos.
"We squeezed into a classic DeHavilland Turbo Beaver ski plane from a bygone era of aviation, and took off for the great white north. It was close to a two hour flight, and the terrain changed drastically, from forest and frozen lakes in Yellowknife, to absolute barren frozen tundra, with the only signs of man being oversized trucking roads plowed through frozen lakes. Landing in a ski plane on a frozen lake covered in snowdrifts in gusting wind was unlike anything else I’ve landed. It was more like racing a speedboat over crashing ocean surf. One second you are on the ground, the next back up in the air, the next plowing through snow, the next bouncing back up in the air. It really was more like a controlled crash than a landing. Still any one that you can walk away from…"
Read the rest here:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=44994&highlight=arctic
And for fun, a few photos:
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
To The Arctic And Back
