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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
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. […]
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 […]
Today, my main task was to train the new guy (John Kelley, from UW-Madison) on the software and hardware that we use in controlling the freeze process in the tanks. I think I did a good job, but we have a few more days of overlap, so I’ll be able to make sure. […]
…but, I want to do my log.
Today started out going directly to lunch (I woke up around noon) then out to take a look at the tanks, and see how they’re doing. The tanks were still there, still freezing, etc. so there wasn’t much to do.
After dinner, John Kelley, a guy […]
Hi All,
Today, our major task was to cut away some insulation from the sides of one of the tanks, in order to get it to freeze faster. The reason that the insulation is there in the first place, is to ensure that the ice forms top down. however, after nine tenths of a […]
If you new to my weblog, you might want to start at the bottom of the December Archive, because this page (the main page) only displays entries from the last 14 days.
-Jonathan
Well, my dad sent me a bunch of questions in the comments to yesterday’s post. I’ll answer them here for everyone.
Dad: Why would you want to freeze 1000 gallons of water when you are sitting on a couple miles of pure ice? Is this is referred to as the Ice Top part of […]