I survived my first week on the ice! Well, it wasn’t really a full week, as we got here on Wednesday afternoon. At least while at McMurdo, we work 9 hour days/6 days a week, with Sunday being most people’s day off. Hence, while I felt that Sunday would be…

After a week delay, we were finally on our way to McMurdo Station. The day started out early with check in time of 0600, which means you had to be there before 6AM, ensure that your total baggage was under 85 lbs (we were allowed 115lbs since we were going…

Getting down to the ice is a pretty long, tedious adventure. It starts with leaving home about five days before you’re supposed to be on ice. I flew from the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Dallas (7 hr layover) to Sydney (17.5 hr flight!) to Christchurch totaling nearly 35 hours of…