my summer vacation executive producer supergenius, filmed, edited, & written by helper monkey...
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My Summer Vacation
• Executive Producer SuperGenius,
• Filmed, Edited, & Written by Helper
Monkey #2027
Armed & Hammered Productions
Armed & Hammered Productions
Union Made, of course
Union Made, of course
My long-promised photos from the North
• Greenland, and
• Canadian Forces Station Alert on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island.
Thule, Greenland
• I’m certain this place was in a 007 movie, no?
• the above-ground pipes are because of perma-frost in the ground
• 800 people work and live here, Americans, Danes and Greenlanders
Last-call
• this is part of the crowd from the “Top of the World” Club
• it’s 11:30 p.m., just after last-call
• they have 24 hour Sun in Summer
Suite bar
• Lars is the fellow in the middle at the back, my buddy Joergen is at right
• It was Lars’ birthday, so we drank until 3:30 a.m., Wednesday
• we sang Aqua songs, apparently Aqua is Danish
• I figured they were Swedish, I was wrong
• Sad to say, but I’m not a Barbie girl living in my Barbie world after all
I only saw this hare, this hare’s mate, some birds, and ptarmigan for wildlife.
I only saw this hare, this hare’s mate, some birds, and ptarmigan for wildlife.
Boxtop 22 • this Herc crashed with 18 on board in 1991 at Alert in darkness and extreme cold (-40 to -60)
• 5 died, including the pilot, a RCAF officer, who felt guilty and gave away his parka to an injured person and subsequently froze to death. He left a wife and 2 kids.
• the Arctic can be a very unforgiving place
The famous Monster House bar at Alert, notice
Frankenstein in his casket on the left.
The famous Monster House bar at Alert, notice
Frankenstein in his casket on the left.