{"id":2583,"date":"2016-11-25T21:38:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T02:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2016-11-25T21:43:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T02:43:12","slug":"updates-from-mcmurdo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2016\/11\/25\/updates-from-mcmurdo\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates from McMurdo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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McMurdo Station as viewed from the Our Lady of the Snows shrine (looking south)<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

It’s one of the three quietest\u00a0saturdays in the McMurdo summer season; \u00a0the community normally works six days a week (with Sunday off) but this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, \u00a0Saturday is a rest day. \u00a0 Breakfast is simple fare, \u00a0and the big meal gets offered in four sessions; \u00a03 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm and midnight (for the night shift workers). \u00a0 John, Brian, Duck and I have reservations for the 7 pm session. \u00a0Duck has promised to wear his tuxedo if he has time to get it pressed. I offered to iron John’s only shirt if he can get it off.<\/p>\n

Our pace of preparations is correspondingly leisurely, though there is some\u00a0work we should\u00a0do. \u00a0John and Duck are still on the schedule to fly out to Elephant Moraine on Monday, and Brian and I are scheduled for a long Twin Otter flight to\u00a0Shackleton Camp on Monday as well. \u00a0Basically we’re working passengers\u00a0on a flight\u00a0that’s got other tasks to do (delivering fuel to Ascent Glacier, returning samples from somebody else, and at least one other chore) and when that work is done\u00a0we’ll fly over the recon sites, get some pics and notes and GPS positions of good landing sites, \u00a0and then end the day at Shackleton Camp. \u00a0We’d then return to McMurdo on Tuesday via whatever aircraft we can get on.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the remaining four of our team (Jim, Jani, Alex and Minako) should be leaving the states tomorrow. \u00a0They’ll get to Christchurch on Monday and are scheduled to get to McMurdo on Wednesday. \u00a0Brian and I are scheduled to\u00a0be back by then but we also know delays are the norm, and if all goes as planned John and Duck will be away. So we are trying to get ahead on main season chores and leave some clearly delineated tasks\u00a0for the new arrivals to tackle\u00a0in case they get to McMurdo and find the rest of us missing.<\/p>\n

I’ve also been struggling with some personal mysteries. \u00a0I last left McMurdo (in early 2015) in a huge hurry; I got out of the field about 10 days later than hoped for, and was given only about 9\u00a0hours from the time I arrived in McMurdo (about 9 pm)\u00a0to get everything packed away, get some sleep and get on a northbound plane at 6 am the next morning. I made it, \u00a0but I had to leave a lot of gear-cleaning chores and storage tasks to the kindness of our friends in the BFC . \u00a0They did an outstanding job- \u00a0 but I had no notes or charts or any documentation to remind me what things I left in McMurdo and where ultimately they\u00a0were stashed. That was two years ago, and this season I’ve spent quite a few hours digging through storage trying to\u00a0find\u00a0my\u00a0things, \u00a0including my sleeping bag, snowmobile tools, outerwear, socks, and much other fine stuff. \u00a0So far everything has been found, though some things took longer than others. \u00a0Right now the only thing still missing that I’m really pining for is my leatherman tool; \u00a0my tools in general had been dispersed and that’s one bit I haven’t found yet. \u00a0 Luckily it’s not a critical item and I won’t waste too much\u00a0more time looking for that one singular possession. And the good news is that I’m finding lots of things I didn’t know I had, and either making use of it or passing it on to someone who can.<\/p>\n

Finally, \u00a0 let me just say “Hi Scout! Hope you enjoy Fantastic Beasts! \u00a0Mama will gladly let you hide in her lap at the scary parts.”<\/p>\n

-posted by rph from McMurdo<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s one of the three quietest\u00a0saturdays in the McMurdo summer season; \u00a0the community normally works six days a week (with Sunday off) but this week for the Thanksgiving holiday, \u00a0Saturday is a rest day. \u00a0 Breakfast is simple fare, \u00a0and the big meal gets offered in four sessions; \u00a03 pm, 5 pm, 7 pm and midnight (for the night shift workers). \u00a0 John, Brian, Duck and I have reservations for the 7 pm session. \u00a0Duck has promised to wear his tuxedo if he has time to get it pressed. I offered to iron John’s only shirt if he can get it off.<\/p>\n

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