Bang bang bang "fire department" I heard from outside my dorm room door. I opened it up to see a fellow firefighter, standing in his turnout gear smirking. "Hey lizzie, we've had a fire call here to the smell of electrical/gas burning. Have you noticed anything?" I stepped out into the hallway and could instantly smell the offender. I helped the boys search. They were knocking on everyone's door trying to narrow it down. I popped into the bathroom and on my return found a lot of laughing firemen. "smell this lizzie" I heard as Mike shoved a work boot to my nose. We've found the electrical/gas smell. It turned out that my neighbour Dave, who is a firefighter on my shift, left his work boots in the back of one of the vehicles (surrounded by fumes) heading out to the runway yesterday. His roomies had complained so he left them in the hallway for a little bit before bringing them back inside. The mixed smell of fumes and smelly feet was enough for one person to call it in to 911!
During the afternoon I couldn't resist another session on the skis.
Heath, Eddie, Scott, Randy and I skied the Armitage trail today. This is a route that runs from McMurdo to Scott base along the sea ice. It's due to close in the next week due to the thinning ice, so to ski it now with the recent snowfall is a better time than any.
We reached Scott base in good time, skiing the 7km route in just under an hour. After a short break, Eddie and Scott carried on to castle rock, Heath jumped in a shuttle back to McMurdo, and Randy and I skied the armitage back to base.
