Canada - April 2002

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With my work in the Technology Transfer Office at the European Space Agency I went for one week to Canada to visit our main partners there.  Business trips is actually a very good way to see a country.


Travelling Erik

Canada is big.  We jumped from one town to another - and to do so in Canada you have to use a plane because of the distances.

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Landing with a Dash-8 in the deepst of Canada - Sudbury.


Cities

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St. Johns, Newfoundland (view from my hotelroom).

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Montreal, Quebec (view from my hotelroom).

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Sudbury, Ontario.
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Toronto, Ontario.


Technology transfer work

...mining

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Advanced technology used for modelling and simulation of mining operation.

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Preparing to go down Creighton mine, Shaft No. 9, to inspect the Sudbury Neutrino observatory.

2 kilometers under the ground.

 

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... arriving after 2 km downwards and 1 km walking through the mine.  Needless to say a cleaning was required before entering the observatory.

...Syntetic Aperture Radar

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SAR, or Syntetic Aperture Radar, can be used for ground motion monitoring.  One of the project consisted of replacing huge passive transponders...

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...with a slick active transponder.


Tourism

Even on a business trip there is fortunately some time to explore a little bit on ones own.

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Maid of the Mist, Niagara falls.
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Niagara on the Lake.  The U.S. across the river.

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Atlantic Coast, St. Johns.
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CN Tower, Torono.


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