I'm starting to get settled in after a few weeks here, though I don't move in to my winter room for a few more days. The weather is looking much more like winter as the wind has been blowing nonstop for days and the temperature is slowly dropping. There is still much wildlife around and I was lucky enough to see a group of penguins at hut point the other day. I've been keeping busy with the remodel of building 210. The interesting thing about projects down here is that you can't just go to the hardware store if you are missing parts, nor can you easily contact the architect or engineer if there are mistakes on the plans. Not that anything like that would really happen, just saying. There is not too much else to report on, other than the last plane leaves at the end of the week following which we will be isolated for the next six months.
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| McMurdo from the top of observation hill (notice the National Science Foundation logo painted on the fuel tank this past summer) |
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| The sea ice is melted all the way out to Scott Base |
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| Hut point. The buildings behind Scott's Discovery hut are work centers for the Antarctic Heritage Trust personnel who have been restoring the hut and preserving the artifacts within. |
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| Adelie penguins at hut point. |
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