Krasin

Waiting in McMurdo

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January 15th 2006
Saturday was spent moving to a new room, dealing with Science Cargo, and returning comms equipment. To retrograde our cargo for return by sea vessel, we had to weigh, measure, and bind all of our crates onto new pallets. We were almost finished with science cargo by lunch time and took only a half an hour to finish up afterwards. Saturday evening, there was a party at the Helo pad. While at th ... read more

Antarctica » Antarctica » McMurdo Station

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Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas sou... ... read more