Got a semi large Cadastral survey for the state in Kobuk .... The fuel depot ...

The Ambler River ...

No need for a helicopter ...

Cant get an RTK fix in this stuff ... So call in Quintin to sling in a chainsaw so I can make some sky ...

Chasing a grizzly away from where we need to be ....

These shots are kind of fun ... we computed the time it takes for the main rotor to make one full 360 rotation  ... 1/14th of a second ... set the shutter speed on the camera to 1/13th of a second because there was no 1/14th available ... and then pan with the helo while taking the shot as steady as possible ....

a little bit of main rotor overlap because of the extra 1/100th of a second

Here's a video clip of a day at work ...

Back to Kotzebue

Remote surveys on the Noatak River ...

Noatak River after a day in the bushes ...

Been trying to find a copy of this movie so far without success ... shot in Kotzebue way in the late 1930's or early 1940's ...