Catch Up
I had my first 2 day weekend this weekend, and I slept the sleep of the post-Siple Dome traveler. I went on a hike - the Hut Ridge Loop. It goes by Scott's Hut and up a nearby ridge. The winds were pretty strong. I could lean about 30-45 degrees into them and stand still. I spotted a couple of seals basking in the sun by the Scott Base (NZ) pressure ridges, and more skuas were in the area. They are extremely bold. One landed in the road in front of the galley and stayed there for over 10 minutes. It simply sat in the road as all sorts of people walked within feet of it going to and from dinner.
On Monday I unloaded pallets of food on the loading dock. We eat lots down here. Every day we probably get between 5 and 10 tons of food brought in. I got to sample many desserts in the kitchen, and I got 3 bread recipes from the bakers (straight from the Bread Bakers Guild of America 1994 Baking Team USA formula book). On Tuesday, I had taxi cab training for the scientists on the Andrill project. I have to make one run in the shuttle on Saturday night to drop some of the beekers off at their drilling site, and then pick up a batch of folks a little while later. In the afternoon I flagged more of the road out to Willy Field. We made a special effort to guarantee that all the flags are colinear and that the flags across the street are placed perpendicular to our reference line. Our flags are straighter than the road we are marking.
I got a new roommate Monday.
Last night someone pulled the fire alarm. I slept through it mostly. It was easy to sleep through, due to the constant tone of the alarm. It drowned out the other sounds that are more likely to wake a guy. So, as long as folks keep pulling the alarm, I might get some sleep.
Fueling today out on the ice.
Pictures coming. The card readers are down.
On Monday I unloaded pallets of food on the loading dock. We eat lots down here. Every day we probably get between 5 and 10 tons of food brought in. I got to sample many desserts in the kitchen, and I got 3 bread recipes from the bakers (straight from the Bread Bakers Guild of America 1994 Baking Team USA formula book). On Tuesday, I had taxi cab training for the scientists on the Andrill project. I have to make one run in the shuttle on Saturday night to drop some of the beekers off at their drilling site, and then pick up a batch of folks a little while later. In the afternoon I flagged more of the road out to Willy Field. We made a special effort to guarantee that all the flags are colinear and that the flags across the street are placed perpendicular to our reference line. Our flags are straighter than the road we are marking.
I got a new roommate Monday.
Last night someone pulled the fire alarm. I slept through it mostly. It was easy to sleep through, due to the constant tone of the alarm. It drowned out the other sounds that are more likely to wake a guy. So, as long as folks keep pulling the alarm, I might get some sleep.
Fueling today out on the ice.
Pictures coming. The card readers are down.
posted by Jeff at
10:20 AM
2 Comments:
ben writes:
snorers are tough to deal with. may i suggest clothespins? more of a gag than anything. but, squishy foam earplugs might be the ticket.
Snoring, just like in the BWCA. Everyone in one tent there always has to be one snorer. Me snore never. :-)
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