Except for my personal stuff and some minor things all preparations for my field trip are now completed. Dangerous goods have arrived and also the first of two pallets with regular freight have already arrived at Alert.
Preparations included testing of instrumentation (GC, ultra-pure water system, MOUDI, pumps), pre-cleaning of glassware (ethanol rinsing, acid washing, drying, packing) and canisters (heating and flushing with He). Apart from that there are a lot of tools and spare parts that have to be taken care of especially for the GC, including fuses, a spare column and ferrules, because resources at Alert are extremely limited and nothing can be shipped after my arrival.
So complete and detailed lists are essential and I have tried to keep things up-to-date by maintaining lists during testing procedures and during discussions with experienced field workers.
