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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Castle Rock!

Metal skier sculpture at the start of the castle rock trail. 

It's about a 4 mile flagged route out to the this rock formation. 



Mount Erebus, the Southernmost volcano!

McMurdo Sound, with the ice breaker breaking ice, opening a channel for the fuel tanker ship.



It was perfectly still and calm. T-shirt weather, just above freezing. 

Beautiful night!

 

Monday, January 26, 2026

Around and About McMurdo

Skis for check out

This is the magic carpet, that drags the shuttle vans over the soft snow patch between the land and the ice shelf. Silly but very functional. 

A big of the long duration balloon facilities balloons. Massive balloon that carry huge payloads and this is what keeps them aloft!

Temporary galley and warming shelter.

The large buildings on the end are the payload bay buildings. 

The old delta transport vans, still hauling people back and forth from the airport on the ice shelf to town (on land).

A lot more bikes than 10 years ago. 

McMurdo galley. 

McMurdo five person rooms. 

A huge print about the wooden ship the Hero, in the waters around Palmer Station, seems very out of place on this side of the continent. 

Scotts old hut, still standing. 

Scotts hut and Observation hill




Leopard seal teeth!

Waiting for planes to get fixed!

Riding the magic carpet.

This is the pneumatically fired rocket that sends the messenger lines to shore for the mooring process for docking the fuel tanker

Tanker in docking in the harbor. 

Line handling. They pull the lines in with heavy equipment not human power. 

The McMurdo Library is a cozy place. 

 

Birds in Christchurch

 











Thursday, January 15, 2026

An Encore


It's been 2 years since I've made the trek to Antarctica and 11 years since I've been to Pole. But the right people asked nicely so here we go again! I'll be heading to pole for a short 5 week deployment as a switch hitter as a science and technical projects manager. . Stay tuned for photos from the other side. 



The church looks about the same.


But the rest of the city is much more recovered from the earthquake now. 



Monday, April 1, 2024

Bergs Galore





Big bergs making the Gould look small!







Mud bath!

This is the cove where the cave was, and then the sky light! It's all collapsed and melted away almost entirely on the south side. 
My office with big bergs in the background. 

huge cruise ship providing much needed context to the gigantic bergs that are floating around this year. 
Visitors. 
This one almost shut down boating ops entirely. 








A bird triggered a small snow slide. 

Leopard seal checking us out. 


Incredible spire bergs! 




Arch berg!