Avalon - Northwest Territories

Recently another opportunity allowed Stan and myself to travel to Thor Lake, Northwest Territories to film for Avalon Rare Metals. An opportunity to do helicopter fly overs and to film the progress and development of the mining site. Don Bubar the CEO of Avalon had sent us to capture and update the video we had filmed several years back. 

Traveling via helicopter, It was an incredible view as it circled over top of the camp. It had grew tremendously from the last time I was here. As we landed we were greeted by Chris Pederson the head geologist on site. It was great to see him after several years. 

After Stan and I settled in, we mounted up the gyros and camera, and were once again up in the air, this time filming the site and the drill rigs. Before flying we also set-up a time-lapse across the lake, looking over towards the camp. (Check out the time-lapse here in a previous blog post). We shot until the sun was almost down - shooting the very interesting process of collecting and documenting core samples. Upon finishing the shoot, while stumbling back to the lake shore dock, we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the incredibly beautiful Northern Lights. A awe inspiring event which everyone should see at least once in their lives. 

The next day we went through the entire camp, filming and interviewing Chris about all the new things happening on site. It was great to see how Avalon had grown in the past few years and to realize that this site will soon be moving into production.

However, as fast as we came in it was time to leave. I have to say that the Northwest Territories is a beautiful and serene place to be. A place that I would definitely consider as one of my favourite places in the world. 

 Keith