Saying goodbye to McMurdo
Well, I arrived home just in time for my little girl's birthday. I got in at 7:30 PM last night and got to sleep by midnight. I hit the ground running at 5:30 this morning…
McMurdo from above.
IF the weather cooperates this will be my last day in McMurdo (and that is a big if). I am scheduled to bag drag tonight and then begin the long trek home tomorrow, as long as…
Nations with regular operations in Antartica are bound by the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. The 12 original nations to adopt the Antarctic treaty were Argentina, Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand,…
Today I got to spend part of the day in the McMurdo Ice Sheet. This was really my first time in the field, most of my responsibilities have been on Station so far so this was a real treat.
This is…
Yesterday, I got the chance to meet a bunch of extraordinary scientists. I was thrilled with the result, I had the privilege to sit down briefly with Diana Wall and Ross Virginia. They had to bag…
Getting to McMurdo is pretty hard. I told you about the C-130 that I flew in on. The C-130 is well suited for this because it is the largest transport plane that can be equipped with skis.
C-130…
So what is there to do at McMurdo?
McMurdo is like a small town. But the community has to make a lot of their own entertainment because there is only limited access to television and internet. The…
Yesterday, we got a tour of a historic site on Ross Island from Elaine Hood. Elaine is a sort of the outreach guru down at McMurdo and is one of my favorite people at the station. She gave us a tour…
I've been posting a lot about the science of what I'm doing and a little about what life is like down here but I've rather neglected posting about Antartica proper. I think I've been waiting to find…
Here are the basics on Antarctic Weather. McMurdo Station breaks the weather conditions down by a Weather Danger Classification Scale that is summarized by a scale of 3 conditions.
Condition 3 (…
If I had to describe McMurdo Station. I might be hard pressed to capture it. It is a bit like if a town in the old west was run by OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration). Or if a mining…
Some of are feeling little conflicted about the progress we have made taking down the neutron monitors. It kind of hit us today. The CosRay building is rather a piece of history.
The Cosray…
