The original plan had us staying out in the field inbetween our two days, but in the end our sites were so spread out the boat captain decided we would come back in to land overnight. We did get to look at the floating bunkhouse though, as if we get here next year, the plan will be to stay in the field for a couple of nights a week, to save the 2.5hr transit to get back to Bartlett Cove. I had many things in my head when they said "Floating Bunkhouse", but i'll admit none of my "thoughts" were quite right!
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| Can you see the bunkhouse? This one is in Sandy Cove, and they are quite small! |
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| They only have a single bunkbed in there, so only two people can stayover (or one more can sleep on the floor), but are amazingly nice and tidy. A sink and stove are not two things you expect when our in the field, so that will be quite exciting to be able to use next year! |
Next year the hope is to get the funding to take a small ROV, and to do some more mapping of the area. As such we're looking at taking probably 4 people out to the field to be able to handle the ROV and cable. Stian did a great job of being the winch for the little camera, but for an extended program, you really want enough people to be able to swop that job, especially if it's raining!
So looking at the bunkhouse was an important part to getting the logistics together for next year. If we want to take 4 people into the field, it's going to mean 2 people in the bunkhouse and two people camping onshore next to the bunkhouse. This will work well, but it's good to know beforehand because that means bringing a tent too!
So that is a floating bunkhouse!
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