16 October 2022 I have arrived in McMurdo Station, Antarctica! We flew in yesterday on an Australian Airbus A319. While I missed the novelty and fun of flying in a C-17 US military cargo plane, having a window seat on the Airbus was awesome. The weather cleared up just before we got to the continent …
Up at 0500, pickup at 0630, 0700 change into ECW (extreme cold weather) gear, then weigh in luggage, get another briefing then carry-on security and person weigh in, bus to the plane, stand around a bit, get another briefing, load the plane, (a NZ Air Force 757), wait finally take-off and head south! I was …
After just shy of 50 hours in transit from home, I arrived at my Christchurch hotel. Despite my best intentions of having a series of calm days prior to my departure, 15 minutes before leaving home, I found myself doing some last minute wiring adjustments to the system I finished building at midnight the night …
How to put words to the last 40 days…When an unexpected second invitation to return to the Noonsun crew, I jumped at the chance. After getting COVID which barred me from traveling to Greenland for work and also kept me in a hotel for 13 days in July, returning to the South Pacific would be …