We spent today making arrangements for our return visit in the spring. Our plan is to fully unbury the whale, then begin removing the bones from head to tail. It should be quite a spectacle to bring the largest living species back to the surface. To many it will look as though we are digging up a dinosaur. We estimate it will take about 2 weeks.

    We met with the excavator today and have booked his large digger for the major excavation, plus a small digger to peel off large chunks of flesh, and a bulldozer to fill in the hole when we are done (1+2).

    Tomorrow we will be stopping at the University of PEI on our way to the airport to put the few bones we removed into their deep-freeze for safe keeping (as well as for odour control) until we return in the spring (3+4).

    I took a few photographs today to give you a sense of the surrounding countryside of PEI in winter. It is a very beautiful and desolate place in winter with blood red water, sand and stone, all covered in wisps of blowing bleached snow and accompanied by the sounds of howling winds (5-11).

    All in all, it has been an extremely successful trip.