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• Allocations & Services • Allocations from Inventory Quant/Unit Item 4 ea Sleep Kits: Arctic weight sleeping bag with fleece liner and thermarest pads. 1 ea Iridium phone for communicating to Swiss Camp and Kangerlussuaq. Variety Cold Weather clothing as requested Variety Tents for sleeping – supplied by Koni Steffen at Swiss Camp Other Services Project Allocations Comments Arrangements for shipping the Tyler camera mount Borek to send the mount to Greenland on the from NY to Kenn Borek in Calgary for inspection. Twin Otter from Iqaluit. Hotel accommodations provided upon arrival at the Double rooms only are available, paid for by Kangerlussuaq International Science Support facility NSF Air Greenland commercial tickets x 5 booked to/from Paid for by NSF Ilulissat Excess baggage (any items over 20kg/person) for the Paid for by NOVA commercial flight to/from Ilulissat must be arranged and paid at check-in Air Alpha Bell 222 helicopter booked for familiarization and filming flight on May 2 nd Paid for by NSF . Total of 2 hours flight time. This helicopter is also booked for NOVA pull-out from Swiss Camp on 6 May. Twin Otter flights arranged for Steffen camp put-in, Paid for by NSF/NASA and NOVA pick up at Ilulissat airport on 3 May for filming and on 4 May to Swiss Camp. Hotel bookings (1 double, 3 singles) at the Hvide Falk in Ilulissat arranged for NOVA for May 2 nd , 3 rd , and 6 th Paid for by NOVA . One of the ANG planes flying back to Scotia will have 11:00 AM departure from Kangerlussuaq for a delayed departure to await arrival of the NOVA team one Air National Guard C-130 airplane. scheduled to arrive from Ilulissat at 10:25am that Estimate arrival in NY ~1500 EST morning. Preliminary arrangements have been made with Finn Will need to talk to Finn when you arrive in Siegstad of Air Alpha for a boat and driver to be Ilulissat to firm up plans. available for filming Possible subcontract of a Canadian helicopter based Still to be determined. in Kangerlussuaq to fly to Ilulissat for 2 hours filming between 1800-2000 local time. • Location Information • Please visit http://www.vecopolar.com and navigate to the Greenland menu for en route and locationspecific Greenland information. Prior to deployment, your entire field team should be familiar with the content of the Greenland Guide available electronically via our web site’s Greenland menu. • Cargo and Customs • - All cargo for your project will be handcarried. Your video equipment and gear will be placed on the baggage pallet of your C-130 when you arrive at the 109 th Air Base for transport to Greenland. - All excess baggage (anything over 20kg/person) costs for the commercial flight to/from Ilulissat are your responsibility and must be paid when checking in for the flight. - For customs purposes all your gear will be considered “tools of the trade”. As long as you are accompanying the equipment, no customs paperwork will be necessary for your return to the US. Developed by Polar Field Services, Inc. for VECO USA, Inc. Page 2
The following is our current understanding of your overall cargo requirements: Cargo List Items Weight/Cube 3- 4 large duffel bags 1 large camera shipping case 1 tripod shipping tube 1 pelican case with extra lenses 1 pelican case with walkie talkies, camera barney, remote switches 1 pelican case with field monitor 1 lowell light kit case with chimera and gels 1 pelican case with panasonic dvx 100 camera 1 pelican case with sound gear • Support Schedule • Date Location Activity 25 April Gardner, NY Fed Ex picked up the Tyler Mount and will deliver to Kenn Borek Air in Calgary for inspection. The mount will arrive in Greenland via the 01 May Scotia, NY > Kangerlussuaq 02 May Kangerlussuaq > Ilulissat 02 May Iqaluit > Kangerlussuaq 03 May Kangerlussuaq > Swiss Camp > Ilulissat 04 May Kangerlussuaq > Ilulissat > Swiss Camp Twin Otter. Film crew arrives at Stratton Air Base at 5:30AM to check in for flight on C-130 to Greenland. Dress in layers as planes can be sometimes hot and sometimes cold. Air Greenland flight for 5 film team members and Jay Zwally, departing at 0800, arriving ~0845. Hotel Hvide Falk driver can meet you at the airport for a ride to town. Check into hotel and return to airport for Air Alpha flight scheduled at 1300. Boat charter possibly late afternoon/evening? Twin Otter departs Canada and flies to Greenland. Tyler Mount will be coming with the aircraft. The aircraft will then fly Koni Steffen to Swiss Camp and Crawford Point. Twin Otter (with Tyler mount on board) flies to Swiss Camp to unload cargo, then onto Crawford Point to pick up Steffen x 3 and return to Swiss Camp. Will then fly to Ilulissat to meet NOVA film team. Remove door for filming. Twin Otter returns to Kangerlussuaq by airport closing time at 4:45PM. Boat or helicopter charter possibly late afternoon/evening? Twin Otter departs Kangerlussuaq at 0815 with last load to Swiss Camp, stopping by Ilulissat on the way, to pick up NOVA film team and fly them to Swiss Camp. Estimated time of arrival in Ilulissat is 0915 at the Air Alpha Hangar. Possibly fly back to Canada in the afternoon? (Back up day for Twin Otter to film with NOVA team. Returns to Kangerlussuaq by Airport closing.) Twin Otter departs back to Canada? 05 May Kangerlussuaq > Iqaluit Canada 05 May Swiss Camp Filming with Koni Steffen and crew at Swiss Camp 06 May Swiss Camp Continued filming with Koni Steffen and crew at Swiss Camp. Air Alpha helicopter flies to Swiss Camp (ETA 1600) to pick up NOVA film team and return to Ilulissat. Overnight at Hotel Hvide Falk. 07 May Ilulissat > Air Greenland flight to Kangerlussuaq arriving at 10:25 AM, picked up Kangerlussuaq immediately and driven to C-130 for departure back to NY. 2-7 May Everywhere Pray for good weather! Developed by Polar Field Services, Inc. for VECO USA, Inc. Page 3
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