http://jon.boku.net/blog Jonathan goes to the South Pole Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:02:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So many people have been sending me messages, wishing me well. Thank you to everyone! Also, I'm still so busy. We're going to start the finishing steps for the IceTop deployment today, so I'm very busy. I haven't been taking many pictures on this trip either.... IceCube is really getting ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2006/01/12/wow/ Well, it's Distinguished Visitor day here at the pole. Senator John McCain and a bunch of other people from congress are in the air right now, flying to the pole for a whirlwind 4 hour tour. I'm starting to wish that I had purchased my souvenirs earlier, as ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2006/01/07/dv-day/ Hello! Sorry to anyone who's been checking my blog for news, because a lot has happened, and I've failed to report any of it. So, let's start with "Happy New Year!" I know, I'm a bit late, and since we're on New Zealand daylight time (GMT +13) we were ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2006/01/07/define-soon/ First, I need to apologize to everyone who's been checking my blog, looking for news of my trip. The last couple posts were put up just minutes ago. All of the activity in Christchurch left me pretty exhausted at the end of the day... Anyway, I'm at the pole ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2005/12/30/plugged-back-in/ This morning I had breakfast with Justin and Chuck, and arranged for a shuttle to come pick us up to go to the Clothing Distribution Center (CDC) at 1:00 to get our Extreme Cold Weather (ECW) gear. I realized that I hadn't packed any normal socks, so I went down to ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2005/12/26/happy-boxing-day/ Merry Christmas to everyone. Today has been a pretty laid back day. I woke up in time for breakfast downstairs. When I got downstairs, there were a couple familliar faces; Justin and Chuck. Justin, as I mentioned is a grad student working on IceCube at Berkeley, ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2005/12/25/merry-christmas-again/ A perk of being in New Zealand, you get Christmas before everyone else. The downside, it doesn't feel like Christmas without everyone else. Mom, Dad and Laura, I hope you arrived safely in Florida, and that you're having fun, I wish I could be there too. There are lots of places ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2005/12/24/merry-christmas-2/ Hello again, Well, I arrived in Christchurch, but my baggage did not. More fallout from that delay in Dallas. At the time, the people at the missing baggage desk thought it was on a flight, but they didn't know where the flight was going to, and that maybe my ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2005/12/24/still-the-same-shirt/ Merry Christmas Eve! After being stuck in Dallas for a few hours extra, due to maintenance, I arrived at LAX too late to make my flight to Auckland. So, I was put on a flight to Sydney instead, and I'll go to Christchurch from there. So, it was a ... http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2005/12/24/in-sydney/ What? I'm going back to the pole! I found out around noon last Wednesday. Dates at the Pole are Dec. 30 to Jan 18. More details to come. -Jonathan http://jon.boku.net/blog/index.php/2005/12/03/guess-what/