{"id":3868,"date":"2019-12-22T23:36:38","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T04:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2019-12-23T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T13:23:13","slug":"celebrating-the-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caslabs.case.edu\/ansmet\/2019\/12\/22\/celebrating-the-solstice\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lauren takes in the view from the top of Ob Hill.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday was clear, the sun was bright and high in the sky – the longest day of the austral summer.\u00a0 Our McMurdo-based team spent the day finishing up training (Marc), volunteering in the kitchen for the upcoming holiday celebrations (Emilie, Lauren, Nicole and Cindy), finalizing the cargo numbers (Brian), crafting custom gaiters for the field (Alex) while our field-based team (John, Jim and Brian from the Berg Field Center) groomed the runway.\u00a0 To finish up our solstice celebration, a subset of us made a midnight climb up Observation Hill for some perspective \u2013 and a fine vantage point of Hut\u2019s Peninsula, a clear view of Mt. Erebus and Mt. Terror, the Royal Society Range and sun glint off the sea ice, and way in the distance, the blue water at the edge of the Ross Ice shelf.<\/p>\n

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The solstice midnight sun glints off the Ross Sea ice between McMurdo and Brown Peninsula.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Today is the last working day before the holidays.\u00a0 Holiday decorations are cropping up, Hanukkah candles are \u201clit\u201d each evening (no fires here! LED candles are used), and we have our reservations for the McMurdo Christmas dinner.\u00a0 We all miss our friends and families, but we are warm and happy and surrounded by the good cheer of the USAP, McMurdo town, and our tightly-knit team. Wishing everyone Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n

-Cindy, McMurdo Station<\/em><\/p>\n

Update from rph: \u00a0I talked to Jim Karner on the satellite phone for about a half hour yesterday. \u00a0The wind was howling (I could hear it in the background) but in spite of that the three boys (Jim, John and Brian from the BFC) are each taking 1 hour shifts grooming. Jim said the major topography of the skiway has been tamed, now they’re getting the surface conditions right, basically like mowing the lawn. A lawn a mile long and two tennis courts wide where the grass move from place to place in the 30 kt wind. \u00a0Jim expects that he will come out of the field when the rest of the group get put in, and he’s hoping to catch a northbound out of McMurdo currently scheduled for 28 December. \u00a0That would be great for him; he deserves to spend more time with his family. \u00a0A career in ANSMET is an amazing thing, but so are children that know who you are. \u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Also, apparently Jim still hasn’t got an idea for an LPSC abstract; if any of you want to write one for him, that would be great. Who knows what he’ll write if he does so while dead-tired, flying 24 hours straight to get home.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Yesterday was clear, the sun was bright and high in the sky – the longest day of the austral summer.\u00a0 Our McMurdo-based team spent the day finishing up training (Marc), volunteering in the kitchen for the upcoming holiday celebrations (Emilie, Lauren, Nicole and Cindy), finalizing the cargo numbers (Brian), crafting custom gaiters for the field (Alex) while our field-based team (John, Jim and Brian from the Berg Field Center) groomed the runway.\u00a0 To finish up our solstice celebration, a subset of us made a midnight climb up Observation Hill for some perspective \u2013 and a fine vantage point of Hut\u2019s Peninsula,<\/p>\n

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