Fuelling the helicopter at a gas cache in Southern Baffin Island
When the operation involves flying all over an area, it's not enough to have fuel at one location. Fuel has to be cached in strategically located spots to minimize ferrying back and forth just to fuel up. So, a lot of planning goes into a helicopter-supported operation, even a small operation like ours.
Photo taken in July 1975 with an SLR camera on Kodachrome film and scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 slide scanner.
Fuelling the helicopter at a gas cache in Southern Baffin Island
When the operation involves flying all over an area, it's not enough to have fuel at one location. Fuel has to be cached in strategically located spots to minimize ferrying back and forth just to fuel up. So, a lot of planning goes into a helicopter-supported operation, even a small operation like ours.
Photo taken in July 1975 with an SLR camera on Kodachrome film and scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 slide scanner.