Delivered-To: igsstation@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Message-Id: Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:40:29 -0400 To: IGS Station From: Mike Craymer Subject: [IGSSTATION-663]: SACH decommissioned, monument to be destroyed Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-igsstation Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS Station Mail 17 Oct 19:40:42 PDT 2005 Message Number 663 ****************************************************************************** Author: Mike Craymer Site ID: SACH DOMES No: 40163M001 Location: Sachs Harbour (Banks Island), Northwest Territories, Canada Agency: Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Geodetic Survey Division Advisory: SACH decommissioned, monument to be destroyed We regret to inform the IGS community that, with little notice, the Northwest Territories Power Corporation has decided remove our SACH monument from the old windmill foundation. They are using the site for the installation of large satellite dish to bring broadband Internet to the community. As there is no other stable site available in Sachs Harbour, and because we lack the funds to install another, we have removed our equipment as of today. Yesterday (Day 289) was the last full day of a three year series of data. We hope that proposed funding initiatives will enable us to eventually install a new monument in the not too distant future. -- Mike Craymer, Ph.D. Geodetic Survey Division, Natural Resources Canada 615 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E9, Canada Tel 613-947-1829, Fax 613-992-6628 Email Geodetic Survey Division NAREF