13 January 2010
Last Night on the Ice (Weather Permitting)
Posted by Dan Satterfield
I do what is called the BAG DRAG at 8pm tonight. That mans I get weighed with all my bags and ECW gear on for the flight back to Christchurch tomorrow. The weather sets the schedule here though.
Mount Erebus dominates the skyline around McMurdo Base. The farthest south active volcano. We frequently see plumes of steam rising from it.
Our trip to the WAIS Divide ice core site was cancelled because of high winds and no visibility. Similar conditions to what trapped us at the Pole.
Just enough time to show you a snap or two from yesterdays trip to the Dry Valleys and Cape Royds.
Gnite!
Dan
McMurdo Station Antarctica
5:43pm Thursday 14 January 2010
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.