So as of today I have 22 days left here at McMurdo. This past week has been very busy for my team at the airfield. We had C-17 flights scheduled for every day that we worked along with a Boeing 757 on Thursday. It has been quite the learning experience for us and a fun one at that. I got the opportunity to run the loaded hooked up to the sled to download a 20' mil van loaded with explosives and a 40' freezer mil van. I also got to tour the Nathaniel B. Palmer a research ship for the NSF. It was a nice to see inside the ship and see where the research happens and what equipment that they use. I also got to see the ice pier get freed from its moorings by explosives so that the resupply vessel can come in.
Not much else has happened this week here. Till next time.
The 40' mil van
The 20' mil van with explosives
Waiting behind the plane for the 20' mil van
Ramp is opening
The sun is getting lower in the sky at night now.
The Nathaniel B. Palmer
Walking to the Palmer via the ice pier
Looking out to where the Ice Runway was when we got here
The bridge of the Palmer
How we get the luggage off the 757
The Kiwi 757
The Ice Pier in its new location
The 40' mil van being craned onto the Kress
The 40' mil van coming out of the plane
The C-17 and the mil- van
The ice pier explosion
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