(meteorobs) Northern Quads

[Richard Taibi]

Hi Bruce,

Great letter!  When I read it, another Canadian famed for his arctic 
writings came to mind: Robert William Service.  In particular, lines from 
his CREMATION OF SAM McGEE came back to me even tho I have not read it for 
at least 40 years!  Here's a sample:

There are strange things done in the midnight sun
    By the men who moil for gold;
The Arctic trails have their secret tales
    That would make your blood run cold;
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
    But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
    I cremated Sam McGee

Best wishes,    Rich Taibi


>From: "Bruce McCurdy" <bmccurdy at telusplanet.net>
>Reply-To: Global Meteor Observing Forum <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
>Subject: (meteorobs) Northern Quads
>Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 22:19:52 -0700
>
>Just in case any of you think that *I* am nuts, the below is from my friend
>Stephen at latitude 62.4° N. If he survives, I will forward his
>observations. Bruce
>
> > Hi Bruce,
> >
> > Just a quick note to let you know that due to weather it was not 
>possible
>to
> > observe the noon Moon here in Yellowknife.  However, this evening is
>looking
> > good for the Quadrantids so a friend and i are going out to Vee Lake to
> > observe around the 5:20 AM peak.  As the weather is expected to be in
> > the -30 to -35 C range we are planning about 2.5 to 3 hours of
>observations.
> >
> > Warmest regards,
> >
> > stephen
> > --
> >   Stephen Bedingfield                .
> >   Yellowknife, NWT, Canada           .
>
>
>
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