So I am back in McMurdo for my 4th season and am enjoying all that life brings down here. Recently I have seen more wind and snow than I have of the sun and blue skies. I landed on September 30th to a beautiful blue sky day and woke up to 8" of fresh powdery snow and didn't see a plane for almost a full week after that. The weather here has been one storm after another ever since. We have the 3 different weather conditions down here for safe travel, Condition 3=safe travel and for the most part a beautiful day, Condition 2=decreased viability with wind and snow blowing so travel is limited and work is a bit trying and Condition 1=station lock down or in the easiest terms it is safer to remain in doors than go out side and work. I have been 1 Condition 1 storm in my time down here and that was right before Christmas my first year down here and I was at the airfield when that happened. This year I have been in more Condition 2 situations than Condition 3 days and all of them in town which never really happens in the summer time. So it has been a slow start to the season down here.
I am a senior again in the Cargo department and enjoying the position though this year we have more new folks to the department than returning staff so getting everyone up to speed has kept us busy at the same time trying to explain what we do even though we do not have any flights to work or cargo to build to show them what we are talking about. We are starting 24 hour operations tonight and I am on the night shift to start the season again. I am hoping for more cargo to build this season than last year to keep us busy but to also give us something to show all the new staff what we do so that they will want to come back for another year.
Hope everyone enjoys the photos for this post.
Tim
