Northwest Territories 2 of 3In order for the geophones to relay their informationback to the recorder or 'dogbox', they needed to be plugged into a cable which ran back to the dogbox. Here you can see the technique used to carry these 75 pound cables: the 'horse collar'. Going throught the flats wasn't too difficult, but when the layout crew ran into steep inclines or had to cross rivers, the vets would grab a set of geophones and steam ahead, leaving the cabling to be handled by the suffering rookie. |
