the 'pickle' moving crates out of a can or convex van
view from my room
sunset over the sea ice
greetings from mc murdo base on ross island in antarctica!
i got in last weds. 10/7 from christchurch and have been here doing loads of training. i just finished a 3 day course on heavy equipment training and have countless safety and logistical trainings to attend daily. in our non training moments we have been receiving food and supplies for the pole, essentially we track down the items and open crates and make sure that the contents are correct. it's quite important to do that here, because it takes lots of fuel to get things down to pole and it's silly to ship something we don't need! i've been battling the crud for the last few days, it's almost a right of passage here, i am feeling better all the time! i am due to fly out in a Bassler on the 30th. a Bassler is a small 16 pax (passenger) plane that is not pressurized, so we get oxygen masks for the flight i'm quite excited about it!! it has been difficult for me to update this because there are so many people here trying to use a tiny bandwidth, it should be easier at pole, but we just lost one of our satellites and that means that we will have even less time available to make phone calls and get online, perhaps only 4 or so hours a day... i hope it works out to be hours i am not at work or sleeping!!!
i hope you all are well and enjoying a beautifull autumn! take care, karengrace*
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without phone or wi-fi, too. might as well be at the pole, too. oh, wait - no. i hate the cold almost as much as you hate the heat. missing you. get crud free & keep writing. much love
duuude. glad you are feeling better. hope to hear from you before you leave macadoo. am crazy. miss you.
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