I Love Geologists

I Love Geologists is the fourth episode of The Amazing Race Canada 7

Story[]

Teams travel north to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. At the Roadblock, they find out that diamonds are precious, but are difficult to develop. And while in the freezing cold, tempers flare when one team steals a cab. The Freezing cold takes a toll on the teams. Teams have opinions about one team who plays dirty.

Route Markers[]

The order of departure from the bank of Saskchuwan River is as follows:

Dave & Irina (2:26 am)
Aarthy & Thinesh (2:50 am)
Anthony & James (4:29 am)
Lauren & Joanne (4:30 am)
Sarah & Sam (5:02 am)
Meaghan & Marie (6:36 am)
Trish & Amy (7:27 am)

Teams have $250 for this leg of the race.

Teams must fly to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Once there, teams must make their way via taxi to Somba K'e Civic Plaza, where they'll find their next clue by the 'United in Celebration' statue.

Teams would head to Rotary Park and drive over the frozen Great Slave Lake to find their next clue.

On-top of the iced Lake teams would use Augers and traditional ice fishing equipment used by The Dene people to make a fishing hole. Teams would need to drill and clear the ice and slush from the hole so that a baited fishing hook using a Dene wooden fishing could be placed in the hoe. Once the judge is sastified with their fishing hole, teams would receive their next clue.

Teams would travel to N.W.T. Diamond Centre in Yellowknife. Once there, The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock would have to locate a Maple Leaf on six of the seven diamonds using a loupe. Then, using a Forevermark viewer, they would have to get each Diamond's unique identification number. Finally, they would have to place the diamonds from heaviest to lightest. If all conditions are satisfied, they would receive their next clue.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

Anthony & James used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock. James had chosen to perform the task prior to handing over the Express Pass.

Teams would head back to Great Slave Lake to find their next clue on the ice.

Teams would encounter a second Roadblock. The person who did not preform the previous Roadblock would have to do this one. The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock would go ice Diving in the Great Slave Lake. Using a rope as a guide, they would get into a hole swim three feet under the ice and grab their next clue under the exit hole.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:

Dave & Irina used their Express Pass to bypass the Roadblock. Irina was to participate in this Roadblock due to the second Roadblock's rules.

In a similar vein to Canadian Rescue pilots, teams would have to identify 10 rescue sites using longitude and latitude among four maps. Once they've located all 10 destinations correctly, they would receive their next clue.

Teams would board a ski plane to fly across the lake and locate Yellowknife's Dene's First Nation Community of Dettah in which teams will find the fourth Pit Stop of the Race.

For coming in first place, Aarthy & Thinesh won a trip to Dublin, Ireland.

For coming in last place, Trish & Amy will have to perform a Speed Bump at some point during the next leg of the race.

Leaderboard[]

Legend:
First Place • Eliminated • Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg • Season winner • Season 2nd place • Season 3rd place • ϵ Used the Express Pass• 🠆 User of the first Double One Way slot • 🠄 Recipient of the first Double One Way slot • ⯮ User of the second Double One Way slot • ⯬ Recipient of the second Double One Way slot• ∇ Team that lost the Double Battle

1st place Aarthy & Thinesh Dating	2nd place Meaghan & Marie Twin Sisters	3rd placeϵ Dave & Irina Married	4th place Sarah & Sam Teammates	5th place Lauren & Joanne Sisters
6th placeϵ Anthony & James Married	7th place Trish & Amy Friends

Quotes[]

Hey, That's our cab!(Multiple Teams)

Trivia[]

This episode's title was said by Sam Effah after local geologists helped pay the remainder of their cab fare.

References[]

The Amazing Race Canada 7 Episodes
"Canada Get More Maps" · "Our Competition's Not That Smart" · "We'll Let the Peasants Fight for Last Place" · "I Love Geologists" · "Clamageddon Continues" · "I'm a Little Muskrat on a Mission" · "Balls, Balls, Balls" · "Open Your Bouche" · "Another Day in Thunder Bay" · "He's Basically a Hound" · "I Had One Job"