Sandy the Science Nerd

Well I've been travelling again, that is if you consider Fort McMurray a holiday. I have settled into my job here in Calgary and have begun my field season. My most recent trip was to Suncor to do a rare plant survey.


Each morning our pilot Rob would pick us up in his sexy helicopter and drop us off in remote locations, thinking to himself "you poor sorry bastards, have fun with the caterpillars". Our project manager wanted us to have guns to protect ourselves against bears, but we thought he was crazy. Later that day when we ran into a mom and cub maybe it was really us who was crazy.


We did find some rare plants, but mostly I found myself covered in black fly and mosquito bites, despite my attempts to create a safety bubble with my very attractive PPE.