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As Bubba arrived from Red Deer, Alberta, the Bipole III high voltage direct current transmission project was underway just South of Thompson, Manitoba that will deliver renewable energy to the Winnipeg region and the United States, helping reduce fossil fuels and to be completed in 2018.

Temperatures were forecast in the coming weeks to drop to -30C nearly stopping job operations. With 80 mph hurricane force winds of the S-64F Air-Crane, the wind chill of the rotor wash dropped temperatures to the -50C directly towards the load masters and rigging crew. In temperatures like these, winter covers were installed each night to allow for the Wacker Neuson Indirect Fire HI 400 Heaters to warm the main gear box oil and fuel control units of the Pratt & Whitney JFTD12-5A engines each morning. Preparing the aircraft for preflight took nearly an hour. Nothing seemed to want to cooperate, but the crew & Bubba took it strong and flew nearly 100 hours in the month of December and January to finish the first section of the powerline project.

Temperatures were low enough to cause contrails to grow and thicken about ¼ to ½ mile wide with each pick according to our pilot, Brad Warren. “We made our own threatening weather!” “So every pick the cloud would build to the point where it became a problem for visibility. We would try flying higher so the next time we could fly under the clouds we formed.”

Apart from helicopters, you can visit the Wolf Mural in Thompson, Manitoba on Highland tower. It is the largest photo-real mural in Canada. It rests on a 10 story apartment block, Highland tower. This building is visible from downtown and can be seen from 1 mile away. This fine piece of art was painted by Charles Johnston in 2005. The original “Wolf Sketch” art was created in 1990 by Robert Bateman. “I can’t conceive of anything being more varied, rich and handsome than planet Earth; its crowning beauty is the natural world. I want to soak it up, to understand it…then put it together and express it in my painting. This is the way I want to dedicate my life.”

The mural is 64 ft wide by 86 ft high, the Wolf Mural cost $125,000 to be set up by the Manitoba Hydro and Shelter Canadian Properties. The mural only sees the sun a few hours on summer mornings which will extend its life expectancy to over 20 years.

Bateman’s message for “Wolf Sketch” is one of “eye to eye with respect”. He states, “Wolves – gregarious family animals – do not often stare directly at man, or at each other for that matter. They are creatures of complex, almost chivalrous behaviour, and perhaps they feel that eye to eye staring would be rude and almost confrontational. They do indeed make direct eye contact if they intend to confront. Perhaps this is why we find the direct gaze of a wolf so compelling. This drawing was executed on very rough paper because I wanted to give a felling of the rough power of a wild wolf.”

Sources:
www.robertbateman.ca
https://www.hydro.mb.ca/projects/bipo...