A Day Off

Today I did not have to work. Instead, I checked out some of the sights around town. On sundays there is not a normal breakfast. At 6:30 there is a continental breakfast. I ate this and read a book. Then I went to the aquarium in the basement of the Crary lab and checked out some of the specimens. Behold, mysteries of the cold, hyper-oxygenated deep:







Afterwards I had "brunch." Brunch is served from 10:30 until 1. A little later and I had brunch again. Then I hiked up Observation hill and viewed the cross that honors Captain Scott's death. Here I shot some video, but I cannot post this correctly yet.

I then visited Discovery Hut. You may recognize the husky from my Mt. Rainier ascent. The penguin is new, however:



Captain Scott and his crew ate lots of seals. They didn't eat this one, however, before their ill-fated attempt on the pole:



The C17s in the background demonstrate something; I'm not certain it is called progress. Men died here a few years ago: