http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ratzeputz/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ratzeputz en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:57:05 +0000 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:57:05 +0000 Here are some recent photos from the 50th Winter Over at McMurdo. http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/McMurdo-Station/blog-11346.html Hello everyone. Here are some photos from the last month to so. http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/McMurdo-Station/blog-9176.html Greetings from sunny and scenic McMurdo Station which as the locals say is located very near to Antarctica. CHECK OUT PHOTOS 1 and 2.The US Naval Ship Paul Buck arrived at the McMurdo Ice Pier on Wednesday January 26 and began unloading 6.1 million gallons of AN8 and JP5 diesel fuels. Ships airplanes and the power plant use these fuels. This is very good news as without the fuel the winter http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/McMurdo-Station/blog-3984.html Hi EveryoneHere are two of the photos I took on a recent helicopter trip in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. I will post some more later. http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/McMurdo-Station/blog-4065.html The last flight of the summer season departed Mactown yesterday. A small group of well wishes gathered at Building 140 to bid farewell to the final 71 summer people as they departed for Pegasus Airfield. A couple hours later the plane made a pass close to town as most of the winter overs stood on the deck of the Chalet and toasted it with champagne. Their flight north was on a USAF C17 cargo plan http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/McMurdo-Station/blog-4753.html Here are some more photos I took from a helicopter while flying through Taylor and Wright Valleys last month. Both valleys are part of the McMurdo Dry Valleys one of the largest snowfree areas in Antarctica and an area of intense scientific interest and investigation. All these photos were taken through the plastic windshield of the helicopter so they are not the best quality.Also included are http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/McMurdo-Station/blog-5291.html Hello everyone April 2 2005We usually work six days a week. However the first Saturday of the every month in the winter is a nonwork day. So I thought I would take some time and upload a few more photo from McMurdo taken during the last month. March is the first month of the austral winter season.The first photo is a shot of town taken on a nice day a couple weeks ago. Since that time the s http://www.travelblog.org/Antarctica/Antarctica/McMurdo-Station/blog-6262.html