Safe Arrival to MacTown
We did it! We’re here! 3 am check in time, 6 am flight, 5 hours in the air, 1.5 of driving from Pegasus (the airstrip on the permanent ice shelf, the sea-ice runway was too soft this morning to land on), and we finally arrived at McMurdo Station. Welcome home! It’s great to be back. Antarctica is just as beautiful as I remember, the sun is out and shining, the air is crisp and crystal clear, and I’m falling in love with this place all over again.
Markus, Rachel, and I have two days of refresher courses and training ahead of us before we can join Jo, Allyson, and John out on the ice. For now, I have already had two meals on the ice, picked up all of my gear and found my room (I still need to unpack however), set up my laptop for internet access, and haven’t had a giant overwhelming emotional breakdown – I am already light years ahead of where I was last season. Although, I have still have some military guys laugh and make fun of me for being so excited on the flight – things don’t change THAT much.
October 15th, 2012 at 12:31 AM
I wish I was there . I like fishing and animal species in Antarctica. Please give me some pictures of animals that you have.
vuonghoangphuc2008@gmail.com. thanks a lot.
October 18th, 2012 at 1:15 AM
Hi Can Dien Tu,
I try and post as many photos as I can of the work we do and all that I see. All photos we take of Weddell seals are stamped with our permit information, because they are collected while we are conducting research. I haven’t seen any wildlife yet this season (penguins, skuas, etc), but I will definitely try and post as many photos of wildlife as I can. Thank you for following the blog!
Mee-ya
October 15th, 2012 at 8:34 PM
HURRRAY YOU ARE THERE!!! Sounds like you are home.
October 16th, 2012 at 5:08 PM
YAY!!!! Enjoy sister:) Round 2 awaits new adventures….