This blog is not complete but people have been asking for photos: so here you are!

Nightscape

 When I first arrived in McMurdo August 23rd the sun was rising and dawn was breaking, mind you, it was at 1 p.m. in the afternoon.The sun was not up for long, it quickly set around 4 p.m.  It is quite an experience to feel the night down here the quite stillness is beautiful.  the, as the summer approaches we will soon have 24 hours of sunlight. Just in the month that i have been here it is drastically different.The days continue to get longer each day. We will soon have 24 hours of sunlight so I am trying to get out and enjoy the beautiful sunsets and stars while they are still around. Two weeks ago the full moon filled the night and morning sky.

Necreous Clouds

These are beautiful oil slick looking clouds but they are not go good thing. According to Wikipedia " Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) also known as nacreous clouds, are clouds in the winter polar stratosphere at altitudes of 50,000 - 80,000 ft. They are implicated in the formation of ozone holes; their effects on ozone depletios arises because they support chemical reactions that produce active chlorine whice catalyzes ozone destruction, and also becasue they remove gaseous nitric acid, perturbing nitrogen and chlorine cycles in a way which increases ozone destruction."

McMurdo at Sunset

Sea Ice School

SAFETY FIRST! Safety is a big deal down here, we have had training after training since arriving in Denver. I am now trained in Scaffolding, Fall Protection, OSHA standards, GPS, Dry Valleys, and last week was Sea Ice School. We learned what causes instability in the sea ice and how to safely cross cracks in the sea ice when driving.

Royal Society Mtns ( the view from the shop)