Archive for February, 2008
Happy Camper school consisted of some basic survival skills, how to recognize several phases of frost bite and frost nip, basic equipment, basic clothing, and what and how and wen to eat. (Get out your barf bags for this one folks) Yes, lard is included in the list of foods and is included in the [...]
Well, the first week is about up. Lots of activity and meetings and training and… As this is basically a small community, I have volunteered for the Safety Committee, MCI (Mass Casualty I (somthing somthing somthing, i don’t know what the I stands for)). I also volunteered for SAR (Search and Rescue). Thought these would [...]
WOW this place is fantastic! Got some great pictures on the Mil plane which I will try and post later today. This is Monday for me and my first day of work. I work in JSOC (Joint Spacecraft Operations Center) building which we share with NASA. This building serves as a backup command for the [...]
The Antarctic Center  Google Maps – Antarctic Center Google Maps – Christchurch City Center Walking distance from Hotel SO Google Maps – Taylors Mistake Trail No, I don’t know what the mistake was.
Today we had for some tourist stuff so we decided to take a hike from Sumner to Scarborough. We only had one day and wanted to take it even though it was raining hard most of the day. We hiked for about 3 hours and ended completely soaked. We hike the coast from Scarborough to [...]
Quick note to say,”I’m here”. In Cheyenne now its Thursday, February 14 at 11:41 pm and in Christchurch NZ its Friday, February 15 at 7:41 pm. Where does the time go… Posted some pictures on my flickr site.
Ok, its time. I had my last dental appointment and the 97th person to tell me about the lady who had cancer at the south pole. I am packed and ready to go. My next post will travel some 10,000+ miles, leave the earths atmosphere, and even travel in time, well across the date [...]
Got my travel itinerary today… Cheyenne to Denver Feb 12 at 2 pm Denver to LA Feb 13 at 5:50 pm LA to Auckland NZ Feb 13 at 8:30 pm (I cross the date line here and lose a whole day) Auckland to Christchurch NZ Feb 15 at 9 am Should be on the [...]
We are getting down to the wire. I have an “on ice” date of the 17th of February which means I will be leaving Pine Bluffs about the 12. A few more medical stuffs to do and I will be done, I hope.
When you come to church this week, we will be praying for Ken Klassy from our congregation, whom as you know is going to Antarctica for 8 months as a systems support for the Windows computers systems (the servers and personal computers of scientists and others there). Well, he was going to be leaving around [...]
The psyc test is over. 520 questions on one test and 176 on another. No I don’t hear voices in my head and no I am not possessed or controlled by ghosts or spirits (reoccurring questions). I did get to meet my supervisor, he has been to the ice several times but not in the [...]
Sitting here at the airport being board waiting on my flight to Denver to see if I am a psycho. After the last week I think there may be a chance. oh oh I think we get to board!! Bye
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