Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Cape Evans, Part Deux

Sunday the 29th was my second trip out to Cape Evans. This time I was the Hut Guide (aka the One in Charge). My friend Susan was a Hut Guide Trainee. We were supposed to go out to the Cape the Sunday before, but the weather decided to flare up and the trip was postponed. Luckily, I had told Kelly, a janitor who'll be spending the summer at the South Pole (we call people that work there Polies), to sign up for the trip the week before. She was still in town as the flights to Pole were postpones for almost two weeks straight, and boy was she happy to have gotten the chance to get out there... especially when we saw three Adelie penguins on the way home. Here are the photos from the day:

The "tourists" reading their info packets about the Hut at Cape Evans inside the Delta.
in the delta

Susan, Kelly (my favorite Polie), and I in the Delta.
susan kelly and me

mt erebus

Our view of Erebus on the way out to the cape.
close-up erebus

Me and Susan in front of Erebus.
me and susan and erebus

Attempting to make a pyramid in front of Mt. Erebus. Bottom: Delaney, Jeff, and Kelly. Middle: me and Susan Top: Taryn - This photo was taken as I fell in between Jeff and Delaney!
falling pyramid

SUCCESS!!
pyramid and erebus

Me in front of the Royal Societies.
me in the middle of nowhere

A Weddell seal on the ice!
seal

Me Being a Hut Guide - arms full of flashlights so people can see their way around the hut!
being a hut guide

Just inside the door.
in the corner

Seal blubber on the ground in the hut. I think those are tent poles above the blubber.
seal and tent poles

Sledges in the rafters of the hut.
sled

Photos from in the hut:
canned goods 1
ketchup
roasted veal
stuff on table
captain scott's antarctic expedition

Horse snowshoes in the stable area at the hut.
horse snowshoes

"Sledding" on our butts near the hut.
butt sledding

The tidal cracks are getting bigger!
tidal cracks getting bigger

The Adelie penguins that we saw on the way home! I've seen penguins twice in one month!! There were people on our Delta who had been down two years, and this was their first penguin sighting!
adelie penguins 1
adelie penguins 2
adelie penguins 3
adelie penguins 4
adelie penguins 5
adelie penguins 6
adelie penguins 7

The penguins waddling off into the "sunset".
adelie penguins 8

Me and Taryn (one of our new janitors and a native WISCONSINITE - we talk cheese on a regular basis!!)
me and taryn

Kelly, me, and Taryn
make a face

Look at the white sticker on the top left. This was inside the delta.
sticker in the delta

We stopped on the way home to look at a patch of blue ice. I found this hole in the ice. Someone was out drilling there.
drilled hole

Posted by Katie from the Ice @ 1:31 PM