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First, I have a request for regular reports of the weather.  It’s about 20 degrees as a high with a 5-10 knot wind and mostly sunny these days (22 hours or so).  .  The sun is doing a good job of making a sun watcher dizzy by just going around the sky all the time.  … Read more

Yes I actually caught a fish down here.  (No it’s not illegal, we were fishing for science.)  I even have video of me catching it! YEA!  More details when I get the video finished and posted. Rich P.S. you might look at the photo gallery for some of the strange and funny things I’ve found … Read more

I’m posting one of the science lecture I attended on my website. It’s a two part mp3 (lecture and Q&A). I’ve also put up the video they referenced plus a link to the website with the overhead ozone animation which is better then the one I took. -The lecture recording is available at McMurdo Lecture: … Read more

There’s a song for which the title alludes me contains a chorus of "What it isn’t good for, absolutely nothing."  As confusing as that is (is it a positive or a negative?) it’s an apted description of the feeling of McMurdo at some points.  It’s 7 am here and sunny outside, although now the sun … Read more

So I want to show you all a few of the funny vehicles around here, and maybe I’ll get around to taking some pictures for you. A traffic jam around here generally involves vans and trucks here with runway dozer, a tracked forklift, wheeled loaders, fire trucks, and this weird re-invention of the wheel called … Read more

Splat!  (you’ve just been hit by an Antarctic snowball) Now that I’ve been on station for a week I’d like to give you all a better general feel for what it’s like.  I’ll give you a typical work day on station with a lot of description of the difference in life, and hopefully give you … Read more

Hey everyone, If you have interest in what it’s like here down at the bottom end of the world, here’s a few more videos for you. These one’s are a bit long and may bore a few of you (as they did a few down here). I basically took several 3 min clips of the … Read more

Today was just an orientation of my job and the work around me. I don’t really have much to report at this point, but I wanted to get some of the videos from my flight out (the second time I was on the C-17) as some are probably the first time you might have ever … Read more

I’m HERE!!! but of course Bill’s left the scene…. ARRRGH! I know it’s just because the know what havoc is created when we arrive, but sheesh, couldn’t they at least give me visiting privileges? Seriously though, I arrived around 2pm (McMurdo time) and his bag drag (the last thing before leaving) was apparently at about … Read more

So some of you asked if I slept, and yes I slept on and off the entire trip out here. Not bad at all actually, no real jet lag to speak of as we took off at night and landed in the morning but ahead by a day so the adjustment wasn’t bad. (I’ll be … Read more