Archive for January, 2004

Wow, time has gone by so quickly…

Monday, January 5th, 2004

Hi All,
Well, yesterday was the (slightly delayed) New Year’s Eve party, which was lots of fun. There was live music, dancing, beverages, snacks and Jell-O. A good time was had by all. After that, I decided that I’d get back to a daytime schedule, so I went to sleep. I woke […]

More pictures and a trip into the snow to see a plane

Saturday, January 3rd, 2004

Hi All,
I uploaded some more pictures. So, go take a look at those. The last page or two is from inside a C-130 (the type of plane that I took from New Zealand to McMurdo station and from McMurdo to here) that was left at the end of the runway many long years […]

Just like home…

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

Well, it turns out that there are these cupboards in the galley. In these cupboards there are boxes of Chips Ahoy!, Oreos, Goldfish crackeres, salteens, and a whole bunch of other goodies. These things are just there for people to take. Just like home!
So now I have a package of Chips Ahoy! […]

a log of two days

Friday, January 2nd, 2004

Well, I didn’t have much of a log for yesterday, so that’s where I’ll start for today.
Yesterday (or should I say last year) was pretty much business as usual. Going out to the tanks, sweeping the snow off the surface of the ice, sending out the daily log files back to Bartol, etc. […]

Happy New Year!

Thursday, January 1st, 2004

Well, we celebrated the new year down at The Pole about 45 minutes ago. There was much cheering, drinking and celebrating. Many pictures were taken. Following the initial celebration, a game of drunken south pole kickball was started at the ceremonial pole. That was fun too, but now I decided to […]