Onward to Little Sitkin

Wow. Today (yesterday, as of this writing) we made an attack on Little Sitkin (LS). The boat left Paskie and Cyrus up on the hill, and ed on the dock. Meanwhile, the helicopter flew Guy to LS to start prepping sites. Then, it picked up Ed to do the same. Between Guy and Ed, Four sites have been prepped.

Back on the boat, we had a beautiful crossing, though I saw no whales. A rainbow watched us leave Amchitka's Constantine harbor. The crossing took only a few hours, and by the time we reached LS, we could also see Segula beautifully, and Davidoff Island, too. I helped prep the huts, which were then either slung to the locations or to the beach.

Also, en route, I grilled Tina about volcanology and her history.

Each hut has: 5 concrete bags, 4 1/2 air cell batteries, a power switcher, solar panels, mast, hut kit (with Jbolts and other connectors), several gallons of H2O (for concrete), a hoe, an LB connector (Elbow, used to run wires into the hut), an Antenna (with attachments) and a Seismometer cable. Separately, 6 Gel Cell batteries, Shovel, pick, toolkits (electrical, hard-tools, Goop Kit, Drill, (soldering iron?), Seismometer, and McVCO. The repeater station also required an additional antenna and a RF filter.

I helped get the huts ashore, then flew off to help guy. I mixed concrete and dug trench while he attached solar panels (Problems: my radio antenna broke, No green goop in goop kit, and no RF filter)

Just down from us at LSSA (Little Sitkin Saddle) were hot springs that bill reported were hot and or cold, but not just right.
The boat had to leave early, 'cause it was dancing about the various islands with no place to anchor. We then, with an hour left of work, took off in the helicopter to Kiska..

En route, I took pictures of Segula volcano -- a beautiful stratovolcano with snow just barely visible at the top. Also, on Kiska, there was the remains of an old Japanese sub base (complete with sub), and several large cannons. We poked around the cannons while waiting for the boat to show.

We then moved down to the beach, and watched the stars come out. The milky way was prominant, and you could see alllthe stars wonderfully. In the water, you could make out a sparkle of bioluminescence now and then. Sometimes waves would wash a bioluminescent spec on shore... which I then picked up and inspected. under a light I couldn't make out anything.