Another week is blowing by and the Big Gym

A mid week storm arrived and we went to condition 1 in some areas. The antennas I work on are in Arrival Heights. There is no travel allowed during Con 1 as the wind is greater than 55 knots. Condition 3 is normal.

Weather Conditions

McMurdo	2
T-Site	1
Arrival Heights	1
Scott Base	2
Road to Scott Base	1
Ice Runway	3
Road to Ice Runway	3
Pegasus Field	1
Road to Pegasus Field	1
LDB Site/Road	1

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos_edit?ns=1&feature=vm&video_id=zw2BN3T-5Ew

A YouTube link to a few minutes of another small storm passing by.

I have been in this situation a few times.

Before volleyball Tuesday night I took a few pictures at the Big Gym.

Climbing wall.

The Big Gym is an old navy Quonset hut.

Along with basketball and volleyball there is indoor soccer.

On closer inspection of the goals I see that they were constructed here from 100% copper! These wouldn't last long in the states. They are very heavy and worth whatever copper is going for these days.

That's a lot of money sitting on the floor and I wouldn't want to run into them.

A small but functional facility.

A nice assortment of balls. There is also a badminton and racquetball setup.

August 19, 2012 Sunrise: 12:06 pm Sunset: 1:50 pm I will be up the hill with a beer.

The sun is trying. Photo credit: Matt Nelson

Scott's Discovery Hut is looking lonely. Photo credit: Matt Nelson

McWeirdo

 I have heard several people calling McMurdo 'McWeirdo' recently. It is getting somewhat strange around here. There are a lot of people hibernating and lots of 'drama' unfolding. I have another 74 days to go. Piece of cake!

Fun Facts about Antarctica:

Antarctica is the highest, driest, windiest, emptiest, coldest place on earth. 

An ice sheet covers all but 2.4 percent of Antarctica's 14 million square kilometers.

At its thickest point the ice sheet is 4,776 meters deep and averages 2,160 meters thick. This is 90 percent of all the world's ice and it is 70 percent of all the world's fresh water. 

There are lots of penguins, whales, seals, krill (the main food for whales), and even fish in Antarctica's waters, but there are no land mammals and, as far as scientists know, no native peoples.