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While Bravo Tango and Romeo Alpha are taking "Happy Camper" I am staying home holding down the fort in McMurdo. Lots of boring organizational stuff to do for our first trip to Taylor Valley in a few days. The weather has been fantastic while we are doing our training and organization inside the station. I just hope the weather stays nice when we go out into the field!
I just came back from din
ner and noticed that there is a brisk wind, kicking up a good amount of snow. That can make you pretty miserable when you have to spend any significant amount of time outside! Nice views in the sunshine 24/7, but freezing cold. Oh no, that reminds me of our "Happy Campers" who are out there learning how to build wind walls and igloos. They will need them! And they will realize that the Eskimos were pretty smart when they designed their igloos! The happy campers will spend the night out there sleep - testing their igloos. I am curious about the stories I will hear tomorrow. I just hope they packed their extra underwear - they will need it!
Enclosed find a picture that I just took out of the library window of Crary labs across McMurdo sound showing ice runway in between McMurdo ant the Royal Society Range. The "foggy" - appearing ground layer is formed by snow that is kicked up by the strong winds. Earlier today the ground was as clear as the view towards the mountains 50 miles away. Not an incredibly comfortable sight when you have to spend the night out there ...
More later, Hubert Staudigel (Hotel Sierra)
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