Archive for August, 2008
Well, it’s been 8 months and I am just about a month out from leaving the Ice. I have really enjoyed this, so much so, that I plan on coming back again next year. There is a lot of politics going on in the company right now as the NSF is getting ready to put [...]
Dr. Colin Muir, Tom, Ken Klassy (me), Cathy Morrell, Shawn Duheme, Maureen Brown Nurse, Jen Rhemann, Pietro Cammarata Photo by Bill Henriksen NSF
Aug 19, 2008 Sunrise: 12:07 PM Sunset: 1:49 PM Total up time: 1h 41m 45s
An Internet news company picked up one of my photos for an article. You can view it here. By the way, there is a glaring error, can you figure out what it is?
I have added a new link on the right to Time and Date for McMurdo Station. You will notice that on 19 August the Sun rises again. We are all counting the days.
These clouds are amazing. I have taken over 100 pictures in the last two hours. I just can’t get enough. The interesting thing about these clouds (as I understand it) is that they require extremely could temps for the reaction to occur in the atmosphere. So that means we are freezing! -70 windchill at NOON [...]
We got quite the display yesterday as the cloudy skies cleared to reveal some fantastic Nacreous and Lenticular clouds. Photos are here.
Yesterday we had a rare treat in the skys. Nacreous clouds or Polar Stratospheric. They only occure in the polar regions. The extreme cold temps in the atmosphere is one of the three things needed to form these clouds. Ozone and Sun light are the other two. Hope to photograph a few more today if [...]
This is the Terra Bus, I am told that there are only 7 of these in the world; however that may not be entirely accurate any more. The photos were taken by Ken Barlow a mate down here. He took the bus out for a test drive. Ken is a Heavy Shop Mechanic. I “just [...]
Here are a few pics that Ken Barlow took during a recent trip around the Castle Rock Loop.
This is in German but you don’t need to know German to understand this. It is also, well, gory. But it is hilarious.
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