Camps, Planes and PeopleThe photos below convey an impression of the infrastructure in place at Expedition Fjord, both at the new Crusoe Glacier Camp and the McGill Arctic Reserach Station (MARS) at Colour Lake. | |||
 Loading a Twin Otter at Resolute Bay prior to the flight to Axel Heiberg in July 2008. |  Inside the heavily loaded Twin Otter to Axel Heiberg Island. |  After the safe landing at Crusoe Glacier camp: Juerg (on the right) is back after 31 years... (photo Marcos Zentilli). |  The camp with Crusoe Glacier in the background (July 2008). |
 Work in progress on some much needed kitchen fittings. |  Winter Haven interieur: the boys' dormitory. |  Solar pannels at peak production time. |  The sun circling for 24 hours (the extremely wide image will require scrolling to the right)! |
 Crusoe "village", Expedition Fjord and Colour Peak in the background. |  After dinner: science talk and image processing (photo Miles Ecclestone). |  The satellite station utilized for broadband Internet connection. |  Well connected: phoning home from Wolf Mountain (photo Miles Ecclestone). |
 A rare sight in 2008: raindrops on a camp window. |  Little Matterhorn (left) and a Polar Haven (right) on a rainy day. |  When it rains, dust turns into mud. Mud likes to travel into the hut. |  Arctic mobility: all terrain vehicles. |
 On one of the two "allowed" ATV-routes: on the way to servicing the satellite station (photo Miles Ecclestone). |  A Twin Otter its during final approach to the tundra airstrip. |  No landing yet: the pilot descides to go around. |  First unloading, then loading. |
 When colleagues leave - the emotional moment of farewell. |  A visit to the "old" camp at Colour Lake. |  Flashback in time: MARS camp in June 1977, when Colour Lake is still frozen over... |  ...and one month later: kitchen hut near lake; main building further up and right. |
 MARS camp in July 2008 with new Polar Havens. On the left is the ATV track which leads to Crusoe Camp. |  Idyllic display of foodstuffs inside the venerable kitchen hut. |  Some of the legendary foodstuffs from the 1970ies are preserved for posteriority. |  Polar history: An airfreight box still carries a label, probably from around 1960. |
| Photos, unless otherwise mentioned, Jürg Alean | |||