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<blockquote data-quote="Warehouse23" data-source="post: 3136882" data-attributes="member: 27941">Howdy All! Greetings from the Ice! Indeed, we've had some beautiful weather here the past two days--cold, clear, and slightly breezy (my nose was the very first part of me to remember what it's like here--chilly!). Unless there's a Poley (South Pole Station personnel) somewhere on these boards I don't know about (but would love to), I think this may be the southernmost post ever made to EN World. Arrival at McMurdo station is a whirlwind of briefings, meetings, training (Survival Training Overnight == &quot;Happy Camper School&quot;), reunions with old friends, and exploration of old haunts. When I've not been in meetings, or doing my best to put on body mass in the well-stocked galley here, I've been hard at work preparing my group's meterology sensors which we will deploy during the season to better quanitify the physical conditions under which the landscape here is evolving and changing. Odds are I'll be in town until at least Monday or Tuesday of next week--so feel free to ask lots of questions before now and then. After I hop a helicopter to Beacon Valley, I probably will be off-grid (and off-indoor plumbing) until at least Janurary 15). I hope all is well back in the warmer parts of the world! If someone would mail me mid-term election results, it would help me formulate a decision as to whether or not I'd like to apply to winter-over (and maybe take up residency down here). : -)PS-- I've got a bunch of photos from arrival I'll try to post after supper or tomorrow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Warehouse23, post: 3136882, member: 27941"] Howdy All! Greetings from the Ice! Indeed, we've had some beautiful weather here the past two days--cold, clear, and slightly breezy (my nose was the very first part of me to remember what it's like here--chilly!). Unless there's a Poley (South Pole Station personnel) somewhere on these boards I don't know about (but would love to), I think this may be the southernmost post ever made to EN World. Arrival at McMurdo station is a whirlwind of briefings, meetings, training (Survival Training Overnight == "Happy Camper School"), reunions with old friends, and exploration of old haunts. When I've not been in meetings, or doing my best to put on body mass in the well-stocked galley here, I've been hard at work preparing my group's meterology sensors which we will deploy during the season to better quanitify the physical conditions under which the landscape here is evolving and changing. Odds are I'll be in town until at least Monday or Tuesday of next week--so feel free to ask lots of questions before now and then. After I hop a helicopter to Beacon Valley, I probably will be off-grid (and off-indoor plumbing) until at least Janurary 15). I hope all is well back in the warmer parts of the world! If someone would mail me mid-term election results, it would help me formulate a decision as to whether or not I'd like to apply to winter-over (and maybe take up residency down here). : -) PS-- I've got a bunch of photos from arrival I'll try to post after supper or tomorrow. [/QUOTE]

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