Saturday, December 30, 2006
MCI Photos
These were taken at the beginning of November during our Mass Casualty Incident (aka MCI) drill. I think I mentioned it before, but I'll give a brief description for those of you who are knew to the blog.Anyone on station can volunteer to be a part of the MCI team. They need volunteers because there are not enough people with a medical background to take care of a large-scale incident. The different teams include Security, Communications, Medical Auxiliary, Walking Blood Bank, and (my personal favorite) the Stretcher Bearers!! As you can tell, I'm a stretcher bearer and one of the only female bearers at that. I'll give you a little play-by-play of the drill.
When the drill is first called, all supervisors are called. Then they page or call their employees that are involved in the drill. There is usually a calling tree for each MCI team. Because I carry a pager and can be tracked down quicker than those without one, I am towards the top of the calling tree. I call the two people I'm responsible for contacting, and if I don't reach them I have to call their people too. There was a lot of hype leading up to the drill, so everyone knew it was coming although it was supposed to be a surprise thing. Unfortunately there was a bit of a confusion and then a real medical emergency so that we were delayed over an hour from the time we were told it was an MCI. So a bunch of us waited on the stairs near the Galley until everything was set to go.
Where our supplies are stored.
When an MCI is underway, the first thing we need to do is to go to the storage closet and pick up equipment we need.
Stretcher Bearers get to wear these really cool vests that my friend Roxanne and I are modeling.
The Communications team sets up a wipe-erase board to keep track of all victims. In this photo, they are consulting with Doctor Harry.
Medical Auxiliary and Stretcher Bearers set up this area in the firehouse as our staging area. There are four sections: green for those with minimal injuries; yellow for those with stable, serious injuries; red for life-threatening injuries; and black for those who are dead or dying.
Before the drill, we had only practiced carrying people on flat back boards, but during the drill victims started coming in in these big orange things. Four of us at a time carry a stretcher and victim. The person in the driver's seat (same position as if you were in a car) is the "driver" and gives direction. Luckily, nobody on my team needed a backseat driver.
A Better View of LDB
I was on the shuttle to the runway yesterday (to clean the bathrooms, not to fly anywhere exciting), when the shuttle driver had to drop off some LDB workers. I poked my head out the back door and took this picture. You can click here to read the totally uneducated posting I wrote earlier. I don't claim that any of that information is correct, but I think I might be almost right. Click on the links in the posting to read the actual official sites for the acronyms I listed.
Friday, December 29, 2006
A Night of Live Music at McMurdo
From a few weeks ago. Too bad I didn't take many photos of the bands that night... but it was a fun night. And my first night out dancing with Richard since he'd been at his field camp and the last night we'd get a chance to dance it up since he was leaving the next Thursday.This group was put together by throwing a bunch of musicians' names in a hat and picking out four of them to practice together for a week and then debut.
Victoria, the PM-shift sous chef, and my roommate Helen, the AM-shift sous chef.
Richard, my bud from the film crew that had just returned to town days earlier, meeting Jesse, the guy who "played" him for our Halloween costume, for the first time.
Richard, Laura, and me
Hiking Hut Ridge Trail
Helen, my beautiful roommate, has been extra-motivating the last few weeks. She's been suggesting a few different hikes and actually getting my butt out there and on them. Now this week it's been me who's suggesting different walks after work, and she's tagging along! No matter who suggests it, it's always great to get outside and away from town when the weather is nice.These photos are from a hike we took on the Hut Ridge Trail. We actually made a big loop, starting from town and walking the gravel road up towards the big, white golfball, and then cutting across to walk down the ridge towards Hut Point and then back into town.
View of another golfball - a satellite dish is inside.
There are three hikers on the ridge, but you can't really see them in this photo. Puts the whole place into perspective.
Three hikers on Hut Ridge - this was at the beginning of our hike.
Susan chasing Helen.
Helen hiding from Susan.
Snowball fight!!
Happy little snowmen that Susan and Helen made on this rock, just before they got bombarded with snowballs from the guys I took photos of on the ridge earlier.
Helen and Susan went to pose with their mini snowmen after the snowball fight, but Susan's fell just as I was about to snap the photo!
Martin, Helen and Susan looking out on the sea ice.
The view of town: McMurdo!!
Going down the ridge.
More going down the ridge.
The little dark part jutting out is Hut Point as I'm looking down on it from above.
Helen, me and Susan with McMurdo and Black Island behind us.
Looking off into the distance... waiting for our ship to come in. No, really... we're looking and waiting for the ice-breaker. It should be here soon!!
Pretending to climb this rock.
Roll Cage Mary - dedicated to a guy who fell through the ice and died while doing some work with a tractor. It happened a long time ago. When I have more time, I'll try to find more information about it.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays to everyone out there! We had a fantastic holiday here with two days off! Saturday night was the big town holiday party at the VMF (Vehicle Maintenance Facility) - see picture below - and Sunday night was our delicious dinner of lobster, duck, beef wellington, and a million other special treats!Sitting with Santa McMurdo-style: on a snowmobile in front of a painting of Ob Hill. That's my roommate Helen in the middle.
After Helen hopped down, I decided to sit and give Santa my Christmas Wish List: a Barbie doll, a dollhouse, and world peace. He didn't make any promises!
This photo shows one half of the party at the VMF. The other side (on the left) was dark because they showed a slide show of pictures people sent in. In this picture, you might see some different Christmas decorations. Every department is asked to make something large-scale and bring it to decorate.
This year some janitors made a MacLand game (similar to CandyLand, the board game), but on a very large scale! From the left, you see a Christmas tree (definitely not a real one), the Chalet (where the National Science Foundation is based out of), a steaming Mt. Erebus, the Chapel of the Snows, and on the far right the penguin game pieces. It was definitely the best decoration there!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Finding Those Antarctica Moments
Tonight I had just returned home from a long day of work and play and was really looking forward to the glass of root beer I had just poured myself, when my roommate Helen burst through the door and asked if I wanted to go out to Hut Point with her and Deany (one of our upstairs neighbors). After glancing at my root beer longingly, I put it in the fridge and grabbed my coat. We walked out and sat at this little part overlooking the sea ice and two seals lounging. Our spot was far enough away from town that you couldn't hear the generator that runs 24 hours a day. It was 34 degrees F (that's 1 degree Celcius), but it's warm to us. We sat down and just watched the seals and looked out over the sea ice, listening to the groans coming from the big grayish-colored blobs and the melting snow. We watched as one of the seals poked his head in and out of the hole next to him, and then after ten minutes of that, he slinked into the water (a lot more uneventfully than I had imagined). I mentioned how nice it was to have an Antarctica moment and really, truly appreciate where you are at and what you are actually able to do and see here. Sometimes it's hard to remember how lucky we are when it's so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day drama of living at an intense 60+ hour work camp. But I am in Antarctica, and getting away from Station, no matter how far (or close) and for how long (or little) is the best way to remember what a great experience I am having.Other Random Connections at McMurdo
As I've mentioned before, Sean approached me at the Coffeehouse two weeks ago to ask if I was from Westby. What I forgot to mention in the story was that he also told me that a co-worker of his named Paulene has a sister who lives in Westby, a woman by the name of Raylene. I don't know Raylene, but when I ran into Paulene and asked if she'd been to visit Westby, she had! She seemed a little shocked when I randomly stopped her in the hallway.I got an email from my mom earlier this month, and she asked if I had met this one guy who was down here working for Mayo Clinic on a study they were doing on Polies. The email went on to say that my dad was bartending at his part-time weekend job about 6 miles from any town, when a guy and his wife walked into the bar and asked my dad where he got his Antarctica hat from. Dad told him about me, and the guy told my Dad that his son was working for this Mayo Clinic study. Unfortunately, he had already left by the time I heard the story.
The last random occurence I've had down here was just last week Wednesday, when we threw a little bon voyage party for the film crew on their last night in town. A few beakers (that's what we call scientists down here) stopped by later on in the night. We get to talking and turns out that two of them are from Wisconsin. I blurt out that I grew up in the La Crosse area, one says he's from Madison (that's what they usually say), and the other said he was from Eau Claire. I corrected myself and told them that I've been living in the Eau Claire area on and off for the last eight years since I studied at Stout and worked in EC recently. The beaker tells me he's a professor at UW-Eau Claire, so I ask him what he teaches. Geography. Whoa - I ask him if he knows my friend Dave Speer, who I used to work with at Radio Shack. Turns out Speer is actually a student of Harry Jol's and has a bunch of assignments to turn in soon. And Harry's leaving the next day with the film crew. So before he left the Hotel California (my dorm) lounge, we wrote Speer a quick email. I couldn't believe how random that was... too bad I hadn't met him earlier.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
LDB
Long Duration Balloon, aka LDB, is a project also referred to as ANITA (Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna. They've already launched one, maybe two of these giant information-collecting balloons that are supposed to circumnavigate the continent.Check out more information from the NSBF, National Scientific Balloon Facility. Or from the BLAST, aka Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope. If you can't tell we live for acronyms down here.
I got to make a trip out to Willy Field last week to clean the bathrooms. We like to call it a working boondoggle, since it gets us out of town. The launch site is fairly close to the airstrip, so I snapped the following photo. The bigger buildings on the right-hand side are where the balloons are stored. They were built on skis, so that they can be moved anywhere.
Monday, December 18, 2006
A Night at the Coffeehouse
My friend Ralph has this action figure named Steve. There was a couple of weeks there where Steve and I were spending a lot of time together. I took him to meet other people's action figures. He'd spend the night. We did a radio show together. He even came to work with me and took breaks and everything. So everything was going well until John, an ANDRILL guy, asked if we could make a play date for his rubber ducky to meet up with Steve at the Coffeehouse. Ralph was even going to bring his horse (which has a rope around it's neck so Ralph can tie him up when he gets there). The night was going great until my roommate Helen showed up, and it comes out that Steve was just spending time with me so he could check out Helen. (in real life she's a wonderful woman who's totally not into action figures - me either, for that matter) I immediately punched Steve and told him I never wanted to talk to him again. And I've kept that promise, three weeks and still going strong. This is what happens when you leave 1100 people alone on an island covered in snow and volcanic rock. People develop friendships with action figures. I think I've just gotten another weblog entry idea!
Temperature Change
This picture was taken at the end of November. There was one day when we had all of this fog everywhere. In the morning it was covering Ob Hill, but by the afternoon (and by the time I ran home to get my camera) this was all that was happening. The fog was just lifting off the ground all over town. It was still really strange to have fog since all we had was cold, snowy weather or cold, sunny weather before that. Some people said they thought the fog would last for a few days, but I'm glad I ran home for the camera because I didn't see it happen after that day.
Pressure Ridge Tour at Scott Base
I know I posted information about pressure ridges before, but I can't seem to find the entry. So I'll link you to Ana Bell's entry about pressure ridges and how they form. She says this is the first time in 7 years the kiwis have let the Americans walk around them. Rumor has it that some American idiot stood on some pressure ridges and poked a seal, and so that was the last time before the day these pictures were taken that they let us crazies out there.This first day, the recreation department had a drawing and 100 people would get spots to go out and walk around the pressure ridges with a guide. I didn't make the list, nor did I make the alternates list. But I ran into someone that afternoon who just showed up that morning to see if she could get an empty spot if one was available. There was a spot left after the winners and the alternates got on (someone was probably passed out still). She said that another guy told her "Life happens to those who show up." which is incredibly relevant to living here in McMurdo. So I ran home and threw on my ECW gear and headed back to see if I could get on one of the last two trips going out that afternoon. And whaddya know? I made it on! Enjoy the pics... of course, they don't do the day justice, but you'll get the idea.
Walking up and over one of the ridges
Scott Base in the background
One of my favorites, the whale tail:
Don't worry - I didn't disrupt this seal!
Ob Hill in the background
Photos from Erin's camera after mine ran out of batteries:
Me blocking the black flag warning people not to walk near this pressure ridge. If you can see those weird green things around my hiking boots, those are called YakTrax and we slip them over our shoes for traction. This was actually the first time I'd ever worn a pair, as my shoes (the ones I've been wearing constantly since I was in Denver) have good traction.
Check out this model pose.
Erin, Ana Bell, me and Helen at the Ridges
Erin and me: Do you remember when we did that? She told me she was glad I got on the trip because then one day we could say to each other, "Do you remember when we did that?" Which has become a great way to tease her... but it's true, I think that kind of stuff all the time too!
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Antarctica's Gaining Fame
Two friends emailed me yesterday with links to the Yahoo! homepage, which featured an article about the historic Antarctic hut at Cape Evans. One of them mentioned how Antarctica is getting popular, and he's right. There have been numerous news agencies and film crews down here this season. Some I've mentioned before, MSNBC, Anne Aghion, and Werner Herzog; others I haven't even seen on station but I know they were here: Good Morning America, Reuters, and NOVA. Word on the station is that we're gearing up for IPY, or the International Polar Year. There are two links I'm going to make available. This first one is for the interim page. The second one will be the homepage when it's finished being developed. Click here to read what it's all about. This will be the first IPY in 50 years, and it's main goal is to enhance understanding of both poles by increasing the amount of research being done at both locations (in the Arctic and Antarctic areas - not just the poles).Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Happy Birthday, Squirt!!!
Look out folks!!! She's legal to DRIVE!!!!
Sorry, Squirt: this is the only photo I could find of you on my computer, showing cattle at the fair two years ago! I remember when you were 4-years-old and in my Sunday School class - can't believe you're all grown up now!
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I LOVE YOU!!
It's Because of Me She's on MSNBC
... not to brag, but I was doing John Brecher's room inspection just hours before he left the Ice, when he asked if there was a janitor nearby that he could take some photos of. Knowing that Erin was one of our most well-spoken janitors, I sent him in her direction. The last thing I would want to do is have the world think that our job sucks, and we're miserable down here (although, talking to some whiny janitors, you might actually get that impression). Anyways, Erin's famous now!Tuesday, December 12, 2006
On the Kindness of Strangers (again) and What a Small, Small World It Really Is
The Kindness of Strangers (again)I'm lunching with Richard from the film crew today, and he mentions that Anne has a parka she'd like to give me. She ordered it for herself but didn't want it later. Rich said he suggested giving it to me when the question of what to do with it came up. I thought it extremely coincidental since two days ago, I mentioned to Susan how I was going to have to buy a jacket when I get off the Ice. Anne ended up joining us (Richard, Susan, and I) for lunch and told me to page her later in the day. I met up with them later, and she gave me a brand new waterproof parka with a zip-out liner and vented sleeves. I was speechless, if that's possible for me. I didn't know what to do... I'm still so surprised that people are offering help four months after my luggage disappeared. I asked Anne if there was anything I could do for her in return. She waved me off, saying that the Halloween costume made their day, their week, in fact, and that that was favor enough. Of course, Richard made me wear it out of the building, and I wore it around all night as I ran from gathering to gathering. I'm still in shock. And I just can't believe the crew is leaving on Thursday. Hopefully Rich and I will meet up in NYC in early April as long as it works with both of our travel schedules.
What a Small, Small World It Really Is
This one is especially for Jacob Thomas, since you're the reason this all occured! Tonight I was out at the Coffeehouse hoping to meet up with Rich from the film crew and anyone else that happened to be out for the evening. At one point, someone named Sean (whom I had met early in the season but very briefly) came up and asked if I was from Westby. I must've had a look of shock on my face because I couldn't believe he knew the name of my hometown. He explained that he was from LaCrescent, MN and that he had lived in LaCrosse for many years. He went on to tell me that a few years ago he lived in a duplex next to a woman who now teaches middle school in Westby. Apparently, Jacob is in her class as she emailed him to ask if he knew a janitor named Katie from Westby!!! Wow, Jacob!! You've connected two people in Antarctica! That's a pretty cool thing for a 12-year-old to do! Thanks, Kiddo!
Monday, December 11, 2006
The Past Week
The weeks are still flying by. A friend of mine asked if I'm counting down the days til we leave or if I'm just not ready to go at all or if I'm taking it day by day. I would definitely have to say that I'm taking it day by day, but that's usually how I take everything. Most days here are really great, but don't think it's all peaches and cream down here all the time. There are days when I dread going to work (just like everyone does at some point or another), and there are days when I just don't want to do anything after work but go home and put on my PJ's and hop into bed. I didn't have very many of those moments this past week at all.This week did bring back some friendly faces I've missed around town. Richard, Anne, and Sylvestre arrived back on station after spending 7 weeks in a field camp. Some friends and I had just walked into Building 155, and what do we see? Richard with about three times as much hair (or as he says looking like he's trying to stick his face out of a red, curly bathmat). I ran right up and gave him a big hug around his waist, even after he warned me that he hadn't showered in 7 weeks. My dance partner is back... but only for a limited time. We'll be seeing them off again this week, but this time it's for good. Hopefully Richard will be back in Brooklyn if I pass through NYC on my way home in April (see you at JFK, Mr. Barrios?)
On Saturday nights, we are allowed to consume wine or beer with dinner in the Galley, so Helen and I decided to take advantage of that. We had dinner with a random crowd, as Saturday night's usually attract. Richard joined us, and after dinner him and I took the Piston Bully out for a spin before he had to park it for the night. We dropped off the survival gear they had brought with them for the day and picked up a few more bottles of beer for the gathering in our dorm lounge. Around 9:30 or 10pm, we headed over to Gallagher's for some live music. Helen and I tore it up since nobody else would, and after all of the live music ended and the dance floor cleared Richard and I boogied our booties off. These are just a couple of photos Susan managed to snap throughout the night.
Me, Richard, and Helen
Todd, Kupe, and me cleaning something off the floor, I think - Who knows? It was that kind of a night!
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Scott Base's Annual Skirt Party
This past Saturday night was the annual Skirt Party at Scott Base. The party dates back to the days when the all-male expedition teams would crossdress and dance the night away for entertainment. It was quite the experience, I must say.Some men prefer to just put on the skirt with whatever top they would normally wear. Like Todd, for example, who showed up wearing this black skirt with his hiking boots and sport coat, fooling you into thinking he's a man's man. There is a barette in his hair.
Or Avi, who attended with his girlfriend, Santi. We later found out that this dress belonged to the PM sous chef who lent it to someone who put it in skua where Avi found it. A sparkly number, Avi chose to wear sneakers and his normal hat with it, a bold and daring decision.
Then there's Austin, who showed up in this fringy number: a little beachy for this weather, but location-appropriate considering it's summer here.
Can you believe this guy? And I'm proud to say that this was not my best photo of the evening!
What's better than getting your picture taken with Werner Herzog?
You guessed it! Getting your picture taken with Werner Herzog (and his cameraman) wearing a skirt!! When I asked them for the photo, they told me they would "flank" me for the photo.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
My First Hike Up Ob Hill!!
Helen is, as my faithful readers know, my roommate. And she's a fantastic roommate who motivates me to get outside and see more of this island we're stuck on. Saturday night just after I got done with work, we grabbed some beers and our Santa hats and hiked up Ob Hill (aka Observation Hill). The weather was incredible, and with the lack of wind we were able to sit at the top and chat for almost an hour. The edge of the sea ice is almost 25 miles away, but I'm pretty sure we were able to see one or two of the two ships at the sea ice edge.Helen and her penguin with Ob Hill behind them
The cross erected in memory of Robert Falcon Scott's party who died returning from the South Pole.
Sign for the cross
View of Scott Base and the pressure ridges nearby.
View of the sastrugi
View of McMurdo
Me and most of McMurdo
Helen had a great idea for me to "point" to our dorm Ho Cal (aka Hotel California, aka Building 166). She even lined me up so that I'm actually pointing to our room, first floor roadside on the end of the building closest to me.
View of the disappearing Ice Runway. Earlier in the week, the buildings were all moved to Willy Field since the Ice Runway has been closed for the year.
That's Mt. Erebus in the distance, and Castle Rock is just in front of it.
T-Site with all the antennaes, Castle Rock, and Mt. Erebus
Helen chilling with her beer.
My Tour of ANDRILL
I signed up two weeks ago to be in a drawing for a tour of the ANDRILL drill site about seven miles from McMurdo. And whaddya know? Me and seven other people won!ANDRILL is a joint venture between four countries: New Zealand, the US, Italy, and Germany. They have drilled 80 meters into the Ross Ice Shelf, passed through another 860 meters of water, and are currently 696 meters into the core of Antarctica. There are scientists studying everything they can about the core samples they are bringing out.
A view of the entire drill site. The big white teepee is where the drill is.
We traveled by slow-going Piston Bully the seven miles to get out to the drill site.
Me in front of the drilling building
Tamson, our drill site tour guide, in front of the Main Building with the four represented countries' flags flying.
This is where the core casing is prepared. The core is carried in this to the main building where the scientists begin studying it.
Looking up at the drill control station area.
Looking down at the drill
Me pretending to run the drill - If you think I look like I'm concentrating, I am! They told me I should touch the control but not with too much strength.
Walking around the drill site.
Me holding the 2-or-more-million year old core of Antarctica!!!
A scientist showing us Frau Helga, the scanner machine that scans the entire image of the core samples.
This guy and his co-workers chart four things in relation to each core sample: sonic velocity and density (the two things charted in the picture) and magnetism (I think) and resistivity.
A 6-meter long sample coming in to the main building.
Everyone really excited about the new sample. I think there was some volcanic rock in it they hadn't seen in awhile, and the next photo will show the variety of colors in this sample compared to the last one they had gotten.
Richard, our inside tour guide, inspecting the new sample.
Close-up of the sample - look at all the color!
We stopped on our way out of town, and I was able to get a photo with all three of the volcanoes that formed Ross Island. That's Mt. Erebus on the left, tiny Mt. Terra Nova in the middle, and Mt. Terror on the right.
Question from Alfredo:
Hey, Alf-Great questions... not dumb ones.
The difference between Antarctica and the North Pole is that there is land here and only ice up there. McMurdo Station's population is about 1000-1100 depending on the day. There are always groups of people coming in and going out. The kiwi base down the road, Scott Base, has a population of 80 or so and that includes the little trailers they have some people live in. The two stations are less than two miles apart separated by Ob Hill (aka Observation Hill) and connected by road. They are both positioned on the southernmost tip of Ross Island, which was formed from the eruption of three volcanoes (Mt. Erebus the tallest at 3794 meters, Mt. Terra Nova, and Mt. Terror). So the land here is mostly volcanic rock, which means lots of dust for us janitors to clean up.
We have a few roads. They meander around town and to Scott Base. We also have roads on the ice itself which take vehicles to the two ice runways we now have in operation. There was an runway just near town that which was creatively named the Ice Runway, but it has been shut down for the year since the ice is getting thinner out there (due to the beautiful weather: 37 degrees Fahrenheit tonight). So now they have opened Williams Field, ski-equipped aircraft runway, located about seven miles from McMurdo. Pegasus is used for landing the big C-17's, and that was actually open earlier this year for the week of flights during the beginning of Win-fly and is located 18 miles from town. Both of our open runways are located on the Ross Ice Shelf.
Stations (aka bases) and field camps are the closest things to towns around here. McMurdo Station is the biggest "town" in the general Antarctic area. I can't say "on the continent" because we're on an island. One of the most sought after trips is a trip to the Dry Valleys. We can see the mountains that create them across the sound but few Raytheon people are lucky to step foot in them.
We have one store here on station. You can buy a handful of different snack and grocery items and all kinds of Antarctica souvenir-type stuff. That's all we've got. This is a family site so I can't talk about the last thing you questioned about, but I can say that I have not seen any here yet. I would try to start it up, but I'm pretty sure I'd get fired for sexual harassment.
Hope this answers your questions!
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Day 100
This past Tuesday was noted as being my 100th day on the Ice. It's crazy to think I've been here that long. Most days it seems as though I just arrived a few weeks ago. I've definitely settled into to life here... quite comfortably at that. The days usually fly by, and Sunday (my day off) is done before I know it.I've started making travel plans with a few people. My friend Roxanne and I want to do a sky-dive before either of us leaves New Zealand. I'm only planning on being there for 3-7 days, and then I'm headed to China! One other person is completely on board for the trip, Ana Bell, my partner in most crimes down here. And we've recruited and "given offers" to two other people who are mulling it over. I was a little nervous to travel with one person since I've traveled solo (over long distances) by myself for the last 3 years. But now we're thinking four people would be good to travel with, and I actually don't think it's a terrible idea because then we can still split up and do what we want. The others in the group haven't traveled as much, so I'm anxious to see how it all goes. Ana Bell has designated me the Ring Leader. We're thinking we'll do 3 days in Beijing and then spend a week or so traveling by train to Urumchi where we'll visit Digs. I'm thinking I'll stay for another 3 weeks or so, but I'm not sure about the others.
I can't start thinking about this too much... I still have another 3 months to go!!!
This Guy Thinks He Had It Bad
Another journalist on the Ice has arrived, and within hours of him posting an article online the town was outraged.Apparently he started to pick up on some of the tension he had created around station when he wrote the next article. He even listed a weblog that's been dedicated to posting all the dumb things he does down here, poor guy.
His third article mentions how flooded his inbox was with complaints from people on the Ice. Now he knows just how fast the rumor mill propels things down here. Not that his article was a rumor. A friend of mine admitted to leaving many copies of the first article on tables in the Galley... that would do it.
Check out all of his thoughts on Antarctica here!
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Infestation at McMurdo
There's been one confirmed case so far, and a few people have been quarentined to private rooms to wait out the symptoms.Let's give a big welcome to the Norwalk Virus.