Well. I have finally arrived on Grand Manan Island.
Weather: Scots
House: Ancient. Characterful. EPIC.
Island: I'll tell you when I can get out to explore it.
Fellow Researchers: Seem nice enough.
Researchers Pets: All nice bar the one that presently hates me. Am told that he will settle down in a few days though...
Research Work: Ask me when the rain clears. Probably Friday.
Expect more detail after I have slept... which may be a while...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
A Bearsarks Travels
Aye, I ken 'tis been ages since I posted on this. Much on Jaredskald, but I've not really been doing much of interest of late. Got work, as well, which caused much havoc to my normal schedule. A month of six day weeks, and ten hour days, building a 'multi-use overpass', also known as a bridge.
Now, I am again travelling. Out east, to Grand Manan Island, which bears the name of the old Celtic god of the sea. I have an internship with the Whale and Seal Research Center out there, although it appears I will be studying Cetorhinus maximus, the Basking Shark. Feeding Behaviour it seems. I am sure that you will be hearing more on that, later on, as I be rather prouding of being able to claim to be an Academic again.
For now however, on my travels. Stage 1, my flight from Kamloops, or T'kumlups as the native Secwepemec peoples called it, is complete. I flew from there to 'Couverland, as we like to call Vancouver, in a twin turboprop. Nice smooth flight, my ears didn't pop once. Flight left a shade late, but not as late as I was expecting. On the other hand, my next connection, Vancouver International to Toronto Pearson is already scheduled as delayed another thirty-five minutes past the original time of departure. Ah well. Such is life.
And returning to the general Norse theme of my life, and this blog... I am bound, in the end, for Vinland. See, the Norse, and specifically Leif Eirikson, explored the eastern coast of Canada. The discovered a place they called Helluland, which translates to Stone Slab Land, a land of barren rock and ice, widely believed to be Baffin Island. Further south, they found Markland, or Timber Land/Forested Land, a land of thick forests, widely believed to be the coast of Labrador. Finally, they discovered Vinland, or Wine-land. It is reported that finds of wild grapes triggered this naming, and whilst those who study Norse History cannot decide the full extent of Vinland, or even its location, estimates range from Newfoundland to Maine. I personally tend to apply the name to all of Canada, or in more specific, the southern Maritime provinces. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick.
Anyway, my battery is making worrying dying noises on me... So I shall cut this short. Expect more history of the Norse in Canada when I return.
Now, I am again travelling. Out east, to Grand Manan Island, which bears the name of the old Celtic god of the sea. I have an internship with the Whale and Seal Research Center out there, although it appears I will be studying Cetorhinus maximus, the Basking Shark. Feeding Behaviour it seems. I am sure that you will be hearing more on that, later on, as I be rather prouding of being able to claim to be an Academic again.
For now however, on my travels. Stage 1, my flight from Kamloops, or T'kumlups as the native Secwepemec peoples called it, is complete. I flew from there to 'Couverland, as we like to call Vancouver, in a twin turboprop. Nice smooth flight, my ears didn't pop once. Flight left a shade late, but not as late as I was expecting. On the other hand, my next connection, Vancouver International to Toronto Pearson is already scheduled as delayed another thirty-five minutes past the original time of departure. Ah well. Such is life.
And returning to the general Norse theme of my life, and this blog... I am bound, in the end, for Vinland. See, the Norse, and specifically Leif Eirikson, explored the eastern coast of Canada. The discovered a place they called Helluland, which translates to Stone Slab Land, a land of barren rock and ice, widely believed to be Baffin Island. Further south, they found Markland, or Timber Land/Forested Land, a land of thick forests, widely believed to be the coast of Labrador. Finally, they discovered Vinland, or Wine-land. It is reported that finds of wild grapes triggered this naming, and whilst those who study Norse History cannot decide the full extent of Vinland, or even its location, estimates range from Newfoundland to Maine. I personally tend to apply the name to all of Canada, or in more specific, the southern Maritime provinces. Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, and New Brunswick.
Anyway, my battery is making worrying dying noises on me... So I shall cut this short. Expect more history of the Norse in Canada when I return.
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