{"id":171,"date":"2012-01-18T19:55:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/?p=171"},"modified":"2012-01-18T19:55:12","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T19:55:12","slug":"october-1-flying-to-dutch-harbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"October 1: Flying to Dutch Harbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flying to Dutch Harbor is always an adventure.\u00a0 I have only flown out of Dutch once before so I kind of knew what I was getting into.\u00a0 A few things to worry about when flying into Dutch, the number one being getting your baggage and the next the sketchy landing with a cliff on one side and water on the other; apparently a vast improvement from what it was before.\u00a0 To address the first issue, when I got to the airport in Anchorage, I begged and pleaded with the woman at the counter to make sure my bags got on the plane.\u00a0 My two duffels were filled with everything I could need to work and live for the next 4 weeks aboard the Healy and without them, it was going to be a long month.\u00a0 I also knew that I was on the last flight in for the day, so this was my shot to get my gear before setting sail.\u00a0 Finally when I told them I was getting onto a ship, they put big \u201cMust Ride\u201d stickers on my bags\u2026so I wasn\u2019t crazy for worrying as they were well aware of the problem of bumped baggage.\u00a0 I was already carrying about 40 lbs of gear on me between my pelican case with cameras, hard drives and a backpack with cameras, my computer, etc\u2026Being at sea is unlike anything else because if you don\u2019t have something with you, well you won\u2019t have it until you get back home.\u00a0 It makes keeping the weight of your gear down difficult.<\/p>\n

After negotiating the ticket counter and my bags, telling them my weight and having my carry-ons weighed, it was time to anxiously wait for the flight with nervous anticipation of my bags making the flight.\u00a0 I was not buying the \u201cMust Ride\u201d sticker.\u00a0\u00a0 The plane to Dutch is a small prop plane and they cram the seats in\u2026the plane is old and rickety and uncomfortable, but I am on my way to Dutch.\u00a0 The captain comes on and informs us that all of the bags are on the plane, that\u2019s a relief, but because we took all of the bags, we have to make some fuel stops, first in King Salmon and then in Cold Bay.\u00a0 Knowing that my bags are on the plane is a relief as now I know I have all of my gear, and I am always into seeing new places\u2026although the idea of not taking enough fuel is not the best feeling in the world.<\/p>\n

So with a brief fuel stop in King Salmon, the pilots decide we don\u2019t need to stop in Cold Bay and we land safely in Dutch.\u00a0 The view from the plane is beautiful.\u00a0 Dutch Harbor is beautiful, a large harbor surrounded by green mountains.\u00a0 We got very lucky with the weather as it was a beautiful day whereas the day before, the wind was howling and it was miserable.\u00a0 Sure enough my bags made it on the plane as did everyone else\u2019s including all of the science party\u2019s bags from the earlier flight.\u00a0 Step Two down, all of my gear and I made it to Dutch!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Flying to Dutch Harbor is always an adventure.\u00a0 I have only flown out of Dutch once before so I kind of knew what I was getting into.\u00a0 A few things to worry about when flying into Dutch, the number one being getting your baggage and the next the sketchy landing with a cliff on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arctic-expedition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173,"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171\/revisions\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/arcticocean.globaloceanexploration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}