McMurdo Station is in a frozen bay on the coast of the Ross Sea; Our home for the next four months

Monday, October 18, 2010

Sunsets at the bottom of the Earth

Aaron at Sea Ice training - we both LOVE our jobs!

With only a few more weeks of any darkness, we're cherishing the sunsets at 11:00pm before summer brings 24/7 sunlight


The top of Observation Hill

Looking over the frozen bay of the Ross Sea

On Ob Hill with Mt. Eribus in the background

The beautiful cross on top of Ob Hill

The Frozen bay with the Royal Society Mountains in the distance. This is where both of our C-17 planes landed.... on 9 feet of ice

The upper portion of McMurdo Station

Mt. Eribus

Frozen Ross Sea with McMurdo to the right on the water's edge

Frozen faces



Very grateful to be here together


2 comments:

  1. These pictures blow my mind. Can you ski there?

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  2. seriously i have finally read through all of the posts now that i'm not moving all around myself, but these are gorgeous! have fun with 24/7 light and try not to get too cold! i'm loving the updates, keep 'em coming! ; )

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