Caught the flight this morning to Anatarctica, took us about 5 hours to get here from Christchurch NZ and I'll have to say it was quite a different experience from the commercial airlines.
Here are a few pictures: the C17 we flew in on, The mountains from the air field when we landed and the mountians in the distance from McMurdo Station
The weather is actually really nice today, after piling on all the cold weather clothing they issued us and preparing for the worst went we all got off the plane and onto the ice , it didn't take long to peeel off some of those layers.. it was like walking around in a sweat lodge LOL. The sun is bright and the skies are blue.. very few clouds today and the light reflecting off the snow is pretty blinding.
Checked in and was assigned a temporary room until a permanent one becomes available, went through a welcome orientation and got a quick tour of the galley from one of the chefs.. have to be to work at 7:30 tomorrow morning, not as bad as I was anticipating ( thought I would have the 4:30 start time )
There's alot to do here in the off time.. hiking , biking, crafts even.. kinda like camp but they sell liqour at the canteen LOL
Off to roast marsh mallows and tell ghost stories now :-P
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