9/17
Another week in the books down here at McMurdo winfly. Again, the continued beautiful skies! We did have one big storm roll through that was quite fun.
Work continues as usual on getting the lab ready, and then on my thesis after work. We have 1 hr for lunch, so I've started going to this dance thing for 40 minutes, every now and then, that Cassa Radawesum Grant's little sister (Kerri) hosts during lunch. It's using nintendo wii and you follow these dance moves and get scores and stuff. It's pretty fun.
It's been pretty consistently cold the last week. High temps in the -10F range, lows in the -30F range with low windchills in the -40 to -60F range.
Last night was saturday night. They had a big "winter is leaving" (in honor of GOT's popular, Winter is Coming slogan), but I worked on my thesis until late and then took a hike out to hut point to look for auroras. And I did manage to see some, which was cool! I got really bundled up since it was in the -60F range. I walked out to hut point, which takes about 40 minutes and then stood out there for an hour watching the amazing stars and the auroras and then headed home. I actually stayed pretty warm b/c I was fully dressed out (including wearing my gear issue bunny boots) and brought some handwarmers for toes, fingers, and chest pockets. But it was the kind of cold where you had have everything covered up. The cold makes your eyes water and often when I'd blink my eyes would freeze shut for a brief moment until they warmed up. But it created some thick icicles on my eyelashes.
Another week in the books down here at McMurdo winfly. Again, the continued beautiful skies! We did have one big storm roll through that was quite fun.
Work continues as usual on getting the lab ready, and then on my thesis after work. We have 1 hr for lunch, so I've started going to this dance thing for 40 minutes, every now and then, that Cassa Radawesum Grant's little sister (Kerri) hosts during lunch. It's using nintendo wii and you follow these dance moves and get scores and stuff. It's pretty fun.
It's been pretty consistently cold the last week. High temps in the -10F range, lows in the -30F range with low windchills in the -40 to -60F range.
Last night was saturday night. They had a big "winter is leaving" (in honor of GOT's popular, Winter is Coming slogan), but I worked on my thesis until late and then took a hike out to hut point to look for auroras. And I did manage to see some, which was cool! I got really bundled up since it was in the -60F range. I walked out to hut point, which takes about 40 minutes and then stood out there for an hour watching the amazing stars and the auroras and then headed home. I actually stayed pretty warm b/c I was fully dressed out (including wearing my gear issue bunny boots) and brought some handwarmers for toes, fingers, and chest pockets. But it was the kind of cold where you had have everything covered up. The cold makes your eyes water and often when I'd blink my eyes would freeze shut for a brief moment until they warmed up. But it created some thick icicles on my eyelashes.
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| crazy fatamorganas (mirages) |
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| crazy fatamorganas (mirages) |
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| after aurora hunting in -60F. Ice caked on the eyelashes |
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| view out my thesis office |
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| ice still on my eyelashes even after entering a heated building, walking to the bathroom, peeing, and then looking in the mirror |
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| crary staff. I added the part about Linnah |
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| view out my lab office |
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