This is NOT a photo of me in a wing-suit jumping from Mt. Erebus. I am just needing to lean into the wind walking near the McMurdo Sound, seen in background.
Check out the video I included in this journal of my leisurely Sunday morning stroll through the station. It's below. Here are some shots from our McMurdo intranet this morning. I also included pictures to explain the difference between the classifications of the severity of weather.
McMurdo's current weather.
Here are the weather restrictions when different categories of weather are called.
Conditions of classification 2 weather.
Classification 1 weather conditions.
Check out this video of my cruise through town this morning. It is hard to hear what I say, but hey...that's what it is really like. I used the "noise reduction" feature on iMovie, but this is as good as it's going to get. Good day to fly a kite.
Here is the video I put together from our adventure at F6 which you checked out in the last three journal entries. To sum it up, we were to fly into the Taylor Dry Valley at a location known as F6 to conduct experiments and collect samples. Our helicopter was to pick us back up in about five hours after our work was complete. Weather set in. We were stranded for three days before a window of weather broke enough for us to be picked back up again.
Week in Review:
Monday
- Preparation day to get ready for field work. Helicopter requests, cargo weights, and experiment equipment prepared.
- Lab work was done.
Tuesday
- Flight cancelled to F6. Visited by Kiwi singer / songwriter Lorde. Visited Scott's Discovery Hut.
Wednesday
- Early morning flight into F6 Dry Valley location. Science experiments and collection successful.
- Afternoon flights cancelled. We will not be picked up to get home as planned. Survival equipment used.
Thursday
- Weather still not allowing for helicopter pickup. Another day was spent at F6.
Friday
- A small break in the weather allows a Bell 212 helicopter in to get us out of F6 and back to McMurdo.
Saturday
- Scheduled to fly into Miers Valley for a daylong experiment. Flights cancelled due to weather.
- Skyped into classrooms in the U.S.
- Screened more samples from previously collected soil.
LIVE FROM ANTARCTICA
Join PolarTREC for a live event from McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The event will be held on Wednesday, 6 February 2019 with teacher Kevin Dickerson and the 2019 Dry Valleys Ecosystem Study Team (the Wormherders). The one hour event starts at 11:30am Alaska Savings Time (12:30pm PST, 1:30pm MST, 2:30pm CST, 3:30pm EST). The event is free. Register here.
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