We also built a snow wall. This was perhaps my favorite part of happy camper. We used saws to cut out blocks of snow, just like a real life quarry. The blocks are then shaped and fit together to form a wall. The idea behind this is to set up your tents behind the wall, and thus block the wind. It’s great fun. Kind of like playing in a gigantic sand box. This picture shows the birthing of our wall, next to the already built quincy.
Friday, November 04, 2005
About Me
- Name: Stephanie
- Location: United States
Welcome to the 2010-2011 field season! My appologies for not keeping this blog going last field season. We worked almost exclusively out of field camps last year and I simply didn't have the capability to upload to this site. I hope to make up for it this year. We will be working out of McMurdo (the U.S. base), as well as Byrd field camp in West Antarctica, and ALE field camp in the Ellsworth Mountains. I'll also have the opportunity at the end of the season to work from an ice breaker ship called the Oden (still helicopter supported), to visit a site called Franklin Island in the Ross Sea. Thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy the posts! If you'd like to see some video, check out our project website: www.polenet.org
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- I should point out that one of the reasons it was...
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- There is a lot you can do with a saw and some snow...
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- Travel
- We flew down to the ice in a C-17. It's the second...
- So this is the inside of the C-17. Pretty nice. ...
- Here is a photo of the C-17. This was right afte...
- New Zealand
- There was a dog at the Windsor named Miss Winny W...
1 Comments:
Hey Stephanie,
Great hearing from you and seeing pics of Ant. I have a blog up as well. I am working on a ship in france right now and have a lot of pictures up of the things going on. Thanks again for the email. Talk to you later.
Erin
8:39 AM
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