I have taken the bus from Montreal to Trenton, the location of the airfield, where I will depart from. Upon checking into the base, I learned that my flight would depart 4 hours early – at 2 am with checkin at midnight. So I got some food in the “Yukon Galley” the local mess and some sleep afterwards. I also changed some US Dollars for the overnight stay in Thule.<\/p>\n
A taxi got me to the flight terminal and checking in was fine – 12 passengers in total (2 civilians, an electrician and myself). Baggage checked and after a wait we boarded the Hercules shortly before 2 am. A tiny entrance gave way to a couple of mesh seats and the cargo hold right behind it, otherwise a “naked plane”. Everything was pretty tight, but the flight experience quite pleasant (as pleasant as it can get in a cargo aircraft. Meals were provided too, including some Cheerios \ud83d\ude09 I even got some sleep!<\/p>\n
We reached Thule the following morning at 10 am. Beautiful weather outside. Breathtaking views of North Star Bay and Greenland when we were approaching. Not much snow left here; well there was still quite a bit of snow, but no continuous snow layer. Landing was smooth, the airport was huge with a paved runway. No immigration here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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