Sunday, December 23, 2007

ONE MORE SLEEP - monday 24 december



Happy Christmas Eve!

Returned to work yesterday on light duties. It's great to be back.

Tonight we have our Christmas dinner, talking to the head chef; duck and beef wellington are on the menu. He said they tried to get a meat order from NZ and the suppliers responded that McMurdo's "one" order would completely drain their entire stock! I guess when you're feeding 1300 mouths that's a lot of tucker!

Nasa released one of its long duration weather balloons yesterday. The balloon itself is 3 football fields in length. They cost millions to make/prepare and they set three off during the summer. These balloons are picked up by the prevailing winds and carried around Antarctica's entirety. I was fortunate enough to be able to have a tour of their facilities. A lot of work has gone into this project, along with a few pennies! I was shown by the experts a tiny glass solar panel, which he stated costs $10,000.
I saw the balloon high in the sky over McTown yesterday - it looked like a planet passing by.

Tonight at 11.15pm, I’m going to a carol service at the resident chapel. I have to work tomorrow but not until 11am.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas Liz! Hope you have a good one sis. Thinking of you lots.
Rich

Anonymous said...

MERRY XMAS! Hope you have a great day, thinking of you heaps back here. Will write you a decent email soon.
Take care,
Emma