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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Warehouse23" data-source="post: 3259664" data-attributes="member: 27941">Howdy All!I just got back into McMurdo this afternoon, on the heels of what we politely refer to as a "katabatic wind event" down here (after three days of 40-50 knot winds, we had enough of a break today to get a helo in, load it up with about a ton of camp gear, climb aboard, and get the heck out of Dodge...er, Wright Valley). The grand total for the field season is 9 weeks (64 days) straight, without a shower, in a tent, on a glacier, at the bottom of the world (new personal furthest south this season-- 79 degrees south, 160 east, at the head of Friedman glacier). With some luck, I've brought back enough data for most of my thesis, and have sensors still out in the field which should be collected next winter, to provide the rest. Back in McMurdo, my team spent the afternoon packing all of our gear into short-term storage (of course, being a grunt, er, grad student, I get to take care of cleaning and returning all the equipment, packing the samples, and doing some lab work, while the PIs are back stateside). Then it was off to the dorms, to wash off the worst of the grime, and then to the galley, for a supper which included something which looked genuinely green and vegetative (first time I ever thought I'd be saying that as a good thing!).Thank you for all the well-wishes and warm thoughts this season. Carl, I got your post-card the other day just before the storm hit. Seeing a picture of palm-trees while the whole tent shook and threatened to take off down valley was very soothing. I'll post more photos and stories in a bit, as soon as the heaviest of the packing is done, and there's more down time from lab work. Happy New Year, and more soon!</blockquote>

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