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.
