The Vehicles of McMurdo

On my day off yesterday, Sunday (Saturday in the states), in between a few blizzards the wind backed off enough to hike around town. I took lots of pictures of the various vehicles used on the ice. Some of them are very cool looking.

I wonder how this would do at the beach?

All vehicles here have engine heaters. I wonder why only one is plugged in.

Snowmobiles ready for the winter.

They look fun but noisy.

Looks like they have good traction.

This looks like a lot of fun.

I want to learn how to drive this!

This is a trailer.

This is heavy duty. Huge tracks.

Tied up like horses to a post.

Another view of the standard truck.

These tracks are super wide.

A Humvee on tracks.

Tonka toys!

Good words everywhere.

The road out of town.

New vans!

Now this is heavy duty. New too.

A portable power generator on skis.

The airport bus. A very bumpy and slow ride!

There are 6 of these tires on "Ivan".

Another shuttle bus called a Delta.

Delta #2

This is a snow plow I would like to have if I lived up north.

I notice truck drivers have their names on the trucks they drive.

Mary's truck.

Aneeda's truck.

And of course there is always a Frank.

This mode of transportation is not going to get used today.

Lonely bicycles.