Our work day began early with a Twin Otter plane buzzing our tents at 8:15 in the morning - this was before we expected it to arrive. We hustled out to meet it and went to work unloading its cargo. We are getting good with this....
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We sent this blog two days ago from the field, but it doesn't appear that the technology worked, so here is a recap. Woo-hoo! The planets aligned and we finally got our C130 flights out to the CTAM transition area. The scenery going across Antarctica was...
Today half of us got out to our field site - the Davis-Ward Nunataks. The transport was a terrific show of bush piloting and teamwork. We had two Twin Otter airplanes helping us move. Being smaller planes (two props instead of four), they carried a lot...
Today half of us got out to our field site - the Davis-Ward Nunataks. The transport was a terrific show of bush piloting and teamwork. We had two Twin Otter airplanes helping us move. Being smaller planes (two props instead of four), they carried a lot...
Four of us took the opportunity this evening (Wed Dec 17) to go on a tour of the pressure ridges near Scott Base, the Kiwi base located just a couple of miles down the road from McMurdo Station. It was a bit snowy out so visibility wasn’t great, but...
John, Vinciane, Brian and Devon are off deck from McMurdo, en route to CTAM camp. They are due to arrive about 4:20 local time, and the next four of us are reporting for travel to the airfield about the same time (4:15). So if you don't hear...
Quick update from the exciting hub of McMurdo. The Congressional Delegation (known as "Code L" around here, a very mission-ey sounding term) arrived last night, as did Jim Karner. We were not on the schedule to fly at bed-time last night, but by morning we were, with our first...
As our days here at McMurdo drag on waiting to head out into the field, we find ourselves searching more and more for entertainment to pass the time. Luckily there is no shortage of pastimes provided by the good people of McMurdo. One of the more obscure and random...
Well, the good news is that the first 1/2 of the team is back on the schedule again for today (12/17). The bad news is that we're back-up for the flight back to Christchurch NZ, which means we seem pretty unlikely to actually fly (since they can land in Christchurch...
As of this writing (mid-morning Wednesday our time) we are once again on the board for a flight- our first group aiming for CTAM is scheduled to depart mcmurdo for the airfield at 11:15, but we are a backup for a flight to pole. Our second group isn't listed anywhere....