Class 1 From Fleming Colleges Outdoor Adventure Program Survive A Night In The Woods
Students Made it Through the night with a few tired faces come dawn. Students from Fleming College were given a firsthand experience in what to expect and what to do when a fun day in the Wilderness Goes Wrong… Topics such as hypothermia, fire building, wilderness shelter construction and how to make it through a night in the wilderness at -6’c with no sleeping bag and very little gear was covered. The students did and amazing job !!!
We hope to see you again and play safe when out on your future trips
Our Operations manager heads back to Yellowknife, NT
The Northwest Territories Power Corporation owns and operates Bluefish Hydro, a hydro generation facility located at the north end of Prosperous Lake at the outlet of the Yellowknife River. This facility has a generation capacity of 7.2 Megawatts and supplies power to the Yellowknife service area. Bluefish Hydro was originally developed by Nerco Con Mines. Construction began in 1940 and first power was generated in 1942. As part of that development an impoundment dam was constructed at the outlet of Bluefish Lake. The original construction of the dam was rock filled timber crib, utilizing locally harvested timbers. The normal life expectancy of a timber crib dam is approximately 40 years, however, upgrades to the dam completed in 1973, 1983 and 2007 extended the dams life beyond the normal expected period.
International Search & Rescue Team Completes Winter Survival Course
Members of both the Canadian and United Kingdom teams of ERT Search and Rescue, a United Nations INSARG SAR team recently attend HWTI to participate in a winter/arctic survival training course. During the course temperatures dipped to -30’c overnight, adding to the importance of the skills and techniques they were taught. Such skills included the construction of various winter snow shelters, various methods of starting fires in arctic environments, education on Hypothermia & Frostbite as well as the Psychology of Arctic Survival. The team lead by renowned author and educator Gary Foo & Justin from the UK ERT SAR team did an awesome job and learned some valuable skills in addition to earning some bragging rights after having spent a successful night out in the woods with temps dropping to the -30’C mark.
Winter Survival Students Await The Dawn
Dave and Mike set out to conquer a Canadian Winter Night in the forests of Haliburton Ontario. Both guys have an avid interest in the great outdoors and trying to gain as much knowledge as they can about how to deal with emergencies and the unexpected that could happen while out enjoying typical fun winter activities. The two spent the day in the forest learning skills such as how to start a fire on snow when wood is scarce or not existent, how to build a winter shelter to give them protection from the elements, and most of all how to concur a cold winter night when stranded out in the forest. Both made it through until dawn unscathed and better prepared with some insight into what to pack for a winter trip and what to do if things don’t exactly go as planned.