Thursday, January 29, 2009
Cape Royds
I just realized that I forgot to post photos from my day at Cape Royds earlier this season. One of the grantees, Mary Lynn Price, who was here on station needed some last-minute help lugging her gear around since she had injured her shoulder. Luckily, I was the help! We flew out to Cape Royds in a helicopter and were dropped off for the day. Mary Lynn specializes in web videos and was especially interested in women working in Antarctica. She wanted to interview the women conservators working in the hut that was built by Shackleton and his men in 1907. I got to wander around the hut for hours and had lunch at the edge of the Adelie penguin rookery. After Mary Lynn finished her filming, we went for a little hike to the top of a hill there, and then Paul the helo pilot picked us up for the flight home. Since he had a little extra fuel and time, he flew us over some crevasse fields so Mary Lynn could get some extra video footage. It was a wonderful day!Mary Lynn Price, the grantee I worked with in the field posts her videos to this website: www.womeninantarctica.com. The video that I helped with was posted on November 16th on that webpage. I even got a mention as a production assistant!
Here is a link to the photos I took that day:
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Academy Awards?
I just received notice today that Werner Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World, a movie he filmed here during my first season, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. And although I'm not a big Werner Herzog fan, I'm excited for my friends and coworkers that have a little screen time. One of my roommates from last year took the photo that they used for their movie poster!Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Latin Jazz Stamp Artist
I just found out that one of the grantees who is here under the artist and writers program designed the Latin Jazz stamp. My officemate Karen and I had talked about this stamp earlier in the season before Michael arrived on station. She liked it so much, Karen even had an iron-on transfer of the stamp put on her mouse pad.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
The Princely Touch?
This was the first photo we had taken with Prince Albert of Monaco.
He was about to walk away, when the guy taking the picture said he wasn't done yet. So the Prince stepped back into the group, put his arm around me, and it rested on my butt. By accident, I'm sure. Look at my face in this photo!
Prince Albert speaking to a crowd in the Galley on Thursday night.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Put 'er There!
I just shook hands with the Prince of Monaco, Albert as I like to call him. No big deal. Just another day at work. Jeez... this place cracks me up. You never know who you will meet!Saturday, January 10, 2009
Royalty?
Rumor has it that Prince Albert of Monaco will be visiting McMurdo Station next week. Guess we'll just have to wait it out and see if the rumor is true!Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Ringing in the New Year - Happy 2009!
One of my favorite events at McMurdo is Icestock. This year, it was decided that Icestock would be held in the evening on New Year's Eve instead of during the day on the 1st of January. My band was asked to headline which meant being on stage to ring in the new year. Included in this blog entry are a few photos from the evening's festivities...This is a view taken from the second floor of Building 155 looking down on the stage and someone dressed in a skua costume. They even had a girl run in front of them with a blue tray screaming while the bird chased her. That's a common occurrence here at McMurdo.
I was sitting on High Roller, an old military truck the Wasties use, with my friends Chad, Nathan, and Julie earlier in the evening.
P Spill in concert!
Me rocking the tambourine!
Ralph doing his thing... "Get UP-a!"
A photo taken from the front lines!
Photos are shown here thanks to Nichole Alhadeff, Holly Troy, and the random guy who took the aerial photo from Bdg 155!