Back in the Saddle
Here is a photo I took of what I think are the Victory Mtns from the C-17 on
the way in from Christchurch. I have spend the past couple of days in
various redundant training sessions. Yesterday I did hazardous cargo
handling certification all day long. Today I did safety training, snowmobile
training, and went to talk to the fuels department about the fueling system
at WAIS. It seems like the longer I stay in town the more I have to do. We
are scheduled to leave McMurdo for WAIS on the 25th but really anything can
happen between now and then. We could go earlier or we could go later.
Joel made it into town on schedule. He is in a big bunkroom for transients
in the dorm they call Hotel California. He seems pretty eager to get settled
in a routine at South Pole. The first flight to Pole for the season is
scheduled to go out on the 21st . But, if the temperature is below -50F
they won’t fly. The weather hasn’t been great since he arrived so I don’t
think he has a very good impression of what it is like here. Hopefully we
can get up to Ob Hill before he has to leave. Both he and Jesse are on the
morning shift and don’t seem too thrilled about it. I hope we can all get
together for a nice family portrait before we all part ways.
Luke
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