2115, 19 JAN 08: So we made it home. I'm exhausted. And cold. I had the (mis)fortune of experiencing (more like enduring) one of USAP's (United States Antarctic Program) most exclusive opportunities - a cold deck flight! Since the primary point of science at WAIS is to bring ~5" ice cores going back almost 650,000 years in history all the way to NICL (National Ice Core Laboratory) in Denver, CO; they have to somehow keep the ice frozen all the way from West Antarctica to Denver! So my plane ride home did not have the luxury of heat in the cargo hold! Needless to say, we got back here to McMurdo tired, hungry and COLD! At one point the temp reached NEGATIVE 20.1 Celsius (that's somewhere just below zero F)!
Once I catch up blogging tomorrow, this will probably make more sense. I don't know if the email post from this morning came through or not as the satellite link to the internet went dead just as I hit send, so several pieces of the story may be missing. I fill in the holes, and finally add some pictures, tomorrow, Sunday, our day off down here!
Until then, hope you all are well and I'll be in touch! Keep the comments and emails coming, since I'm back in McMurdo until ~ 01 FEB (when I leave for South Pole) I should be able to keep up with everything via the internet!
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