January 28
We caught the first squirrels of 2008 today, 4 males and one female. It was cold but not terribly so (-23ºC) it seems the squirrels are really only active from about 1:30 to 3:30. Agnes males are scrotal.


Ryan weighing one of the first squirrels of the season.

January 27
Whew, really cold last night. The low was about -36ºC and in the morning our propane stove wouldn't work. Luckily the propane furnace heating the data hut worked fine all night (maybe because the cylinder is right up against the outside wall?). We went trapping when it warmed up a bit but had no luck. Lacking propane, we improvised and turned the wood stove into a tandoori oven and made some excellent naan.

D'ecoli peak at 10am

D'ecoli at noon.


Abe cooking up some tandoori chicken.


Perfect Naan

January 22
Winter Crew Arrives!
We were lucky and it was only -2ºC when we arrived in camp! So, we had no problems getting the furnace and stove pilot lights lit. Also there isn't much snow, only about 1 1/2 feet, so the Yukon in January hasn't been too challenging.


Stocking up at the (real canadian) Superstore in Whitehorse. Ryan, Sara and Abe.
photo: John Boswell

Camp as we found it.