The longest commute on earth! (save for astronauts!)
Ok, I'm sure this is not true, but in reality it has got to be close! My trip this year began on Lummi Island, WA. one ferry, one car, five shuttles, six airplanes, six airports, three countries, three continents, more than 120 degrees of latitude, 6 time zones, and one international date line later, I'm on the ice.
The trans-antarctic mountains from my porthole on the C-17
Step free of the loud C-17, and around the nice Air Force fellas; behold the view - The Royal Society mountains, Mt. Dicovery, Mt. Erebus and Ross Island, not to mention miles and miles of sea ice that I stand upon.
As all things usually are, my current season in Antarctica is going to be a little different. Not only did the NSF recieve a pile of stimulus money, here being poured into deep field research, but I remembered to bring some maple syrup! This provides the carp shop with more work (we construct and maintain all field camps), and tastier toppings for my Sunday Waffles!
McMurdo is the largest base on the continent, and the main base of operations for most NSF Grantees and projects. Here I am working in the carpenter's shop which serves both the base and most of the field camps on the continent. This chance to travel is the reason I sought work in McMurdo, and I will be thrilled to have the chance to see (and photograph!) some parts of the continent that are the most telling (speaking of the future of our climate) and least seen parts of earth! Here we go! tune in here if you like and I will try for an update every couple of weeks as my season unfolds!
Travis
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