Everyone on the DOM team slept in a little today, since we did not get to sleep until well after one in the morning. Today, our plans to visit the Canada Stream for more sampling and to check on the glass slides Heidi left in the stream were thwarted by visits to Lake Fryxell Camp by a gaggle of visitors. We had helicopters full of guests flying in and out of Camp all day long- some to film the DOM team for an educational Antarctica Environmental Compliance video, others to check out the efficiency of our lab buildings, a carpenter, and others to help us send our waste back to McMurdo Station. All in all, we had 10 visitors to Lake Fryxell Camp and over five helicopter visits. The DOM team just tried to lay low and keep out of the way of our visitors as they went about their required jobs. Around camp, the DOM team completed chores and spent the day preparing for future trips to the Cotton Glacier and the streams around Lake Fryxell. Less than a week at Lake Fryxell and the whole DOM team is already settled into our team ways and unused to seeing others at camp. It was a crazy day for the DOM team. In the evening, to unwind after the crowded day at Lake Fryxell we all watched a movie together and gobbled down chocolate chip cookies.
The Environmental Team, Science Team, and Lake Horde Ladies.
A McMurdo Helicopter
Our handy boat helps us retreive chipped ice and getting to and from the lake ice.