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Have my room inspected, Pack everything, Haul it up the hill to be weighed, Leave half of it, Carry the other half back to my room, Wait for tomorrow's flight in the C-17.

We are home, safe and sound! I apologize for the delay in posting a wrap-up journal. I came home to some family matters that needed some attention and then it was time to head back to school. This journal serves to reflect a little bit on the time in Antarctica, and hopefully provide a few other

McMurdo Posting TIme 1-27-08 1:11 PM Central Standard Posting Time 1-26-08 6:11 PM Byrd AWS Weather Data Temperature- 5 F Wind Direction- East South East Wind Speed- 22 MPH Wind Chill- -15 F Today’s WATIZIT Picture Why Is He Hitting The Plane With a Sledge Hammer? Our Second, and Last, Day of Flying

Local Posting Day and Time- 1-27-08 10:45 AM Central Standard Posting Day and Time- 1-26-08 3:45 PM Theresa's Weather 1-27-08 Temperature- 5 F Wind Direction- East Wind Speed- 22 MPH Wind Chill- -15 F Today's WATIZIT WATIZIT Our First Flying Day At WAIS After breakfast Jim, the Twin Otter pilot

Local Posting Day and Time- 1-27-08 9:40 AM Central Standard Posting Day and Time- 1-26-08 2:40 PM Today's WATIZIT What Is This About? Our First Full Day At WAIS We are here to repair 5 weather stations and to install a new one. When we arrived it was late in the evening so we unload our gear (go to

WAIS is literally in the middle of nowhere. About 700 miles to the South Pole, about 700 miles to McMurdo. The only solid "permanent” structure is the Arch, the recently built high tech drilling and ice core handling building. WAIS Arch and Supplies The camp is only occupied from late Oct until the

Happy Birthday Krystal!!! WAIS Divide 1-21&22- 08 Local Posting Day and Time- 1-26-08 7:28 PM Central Standard Posting Day and Time- 1-26-08 12:28 AM WAIS Divide Weather Temperature- 0 F Wind Direction- East Wind Speed- 11 MPH Wind Chill- -15 F Answer to Previous WATIZIT Congratulations to Jeff for

If you had to shovel a barrel of snow and melt it first? Antarctica Time: Friday, 25 January | 5:30AM Good morning from WAIS divide. Imagine camping on top of 2 miles of snow and ice, that is what I am doing. I set up my tent two nights ago when we arrived. The temperature has been somewhere

Leaving the ice! Thank you and good by. South Pole: Temperature: minus 28 C, Minus 18 F Windchill: minus 38 C, minus 36 F Wind: 6 knts. Weather: Windy, clearing sky It was time to go. Many hugs and good by’s. Amy met me at the ski-way. It was windy but overcast. However, as we were waiting for the