Local Posting Day and Time 12-30-07 5:11PM Central Standard Posting Day and Time- 12-29-07 10:11PM
McMurdo Weather Conditions
Temperature 28F
Wind Chill 16F Wind Direction Southeast Wind Speed 15 mph Snowing
Today’s WATIZIT Picture
Tracks
What are these tracks attached to?
McMurdo Station has shut down for today and tomorrow.
Is it severe cold? Is it because of severe winds? Is it a white out? No, it is two days of holidays to celebrate the New Year. Part of the celebration is the IceStock music festival with it’s outdoor stage and chili and snack booths.
IceStock
IceStock
None of the required training sessions are happening until the 1st. Since no services are available the AWS team is sorting through materials that they shipped down and some supplies that they have left here.
I walk around McMurdo to get oriented to be able to find my way around. On the back porch of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) chalet are the flags of original 13 countries signing the Antarctic Treaty. Behind the flags is Observation Hill, where a cross stands in honor of Robert Falcon Scott who died on his way back from the South Pole.
Flags and Ob Hill
Flags at the NSF Chalet and Ob Hill
Below the chalets I see some of the helicopters that we will be using to travel out to weather stations.
Helicopters
Helicopters tied down against the wind.