USAP Photo Library

The USAP hosts up pictures at:
http://photolibrary.usap.gov/

They will probably be much better than mine.

Captions!

Ok, I had some time to place captions on my pictures to help them make a little bit more sense. Also, I added some pictures of my workplace and living space for my family. They wanted to know what conditions were like, so I obliged. My room here is a little smaller than my master bedroom at home; however, four dudes live in it. If you know me at all, you know I like to sleep, so I'm pretty much unconscious when I am in there. Sorry for the mess, but I'm a dude. I lucked out, as my room-mates are pretty chill and easy to get along with. I guess it's not really much of a surprise, as most people here are good people and considerate to boot. Of course, if you are not, I'm sure you get voted off the island pretty quick. :)

Oh, I've also been pretty lucky, as my ceiling tiles are in pretty good shape. With the warm weather, many other people have had to make use of the drip cans. The roof of 155 (my dorm) has huge deposits of snow on it. As the weather warms up, there is quite a bit of water that accumulates up there, and it has to go somewhere.

Back to Work!

I attended Trail Daze on Sunday to help groom the Hut Point Ridge trail. The wind was craaazy! I didn't really help all that much, but it was much fun. I went back out yesterday to take a tour of Shackleton's Hut with some friends. I also took some pictures while I was out there and also grabbed some of my workplace. They are available on my Picasa album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/abchee/Antarctica

Perfect Day!

Whoa! The weather is perfect today. If it doesn't turn before I get out of work, I'll be outside most of the evening and night. Visibility is unrestricted, so I can see for miles outside. The temperature and wind are also cooperating (+10F/-4F with wind chill).

How you doin?

Someone snapped this photo of me in my Big Red as we were climbing Observation Hill. It isn't all of my ECW; there are coveralls that go under it, which I'm not wearing in this picture.

From Antarctica

No new pics

Ah, no pics of Cape Evans, yet. The trip was cancelled, so I am hoping that this Sunday is a go. I'll post whatever I take, though.

Pressure ridges

I walked over to Scott Base to try and fight off the weight gain from the inactivity and over-eating. It was a quick 1.75 miles, so not much of a workout. While I was there, I got a better look at the pressure ridges that form as a result of the ice starting to break up. Here is one of the photos that I uploaded to my albums:
From Antarctica

I should have gone down there with the guys I was walking with, but I really had to hit the men's room. I'll have to make another trip out there soon. I'm probably going to do it when I do the Armitage Loop hike.