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I’m a geologist for a geoscience consulting company based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Most of the work we do takes place in very
remote regions of Canada and the Canadian Arctic. We use Garmin handheld GPS units extensively in the field (orientation in the
field, marking sample locations and for drop off and pick up coordinates for the helicopter).
In August 2002, when I was working in the Committee Bay region, I discovered a lost Garmin eTrex lying on the tundra. I had some
extra AA batteries in my backpack and put them in the eTrex, and it worked perfectly. Later at a geology/mining conference, I told
the story to another geologist who has been working in that particular region for the last three years. He said the eTrex had been
lost over two years ago by a geologist he was working with at that time. We both thought that it was an incredible situation as that
particular region of the Canadian Arctic is so desolate, with cold and hostile winters (winter lasts 10 months of the year with tem-
peratures reaching below –40° C). The likelihood that two people would even traverse in the same location is in itself remarkable.
I’m including some photos of the region. We use Garmin GPS in our day-to-day work, survival and play.
Johanna T., Project Geologist, B.Sc., M.I.T.
eTrex
Tougher than Arctic tundra
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