Southern Cross: SailBlogs

I'm in Antarctica

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:35:12 -0600

Today I was reminded of where I am. It's easy to forget just what a wondrous place this is when your in McMurdo because your in town and working. Well, today I got out of town. It was a beautiful day. Sun shining and no wind at all. I was able to get to a place where you couldn't here the drown of the power plant generators or see any thing that was man made. Total silence. Breath taking views. The sun shining on the sea ice made thousands of prisms. Lighting up the ice field like a ocean of diamonds. Blue, gold, green and red. (Continued...)

Wow what nice weather

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:06:48 -0600

Into the second week of March and still we are having nice weather, relatively speaking, that is. But there is an end in sight. There is a big storm brewing just South of us and heading our way. The storm is supposed to bring quite a bit of snow over the next couple of days. A long with the usual high winds and cold temps. It will be nice if it covers up all this dirt. I'm tired of breathing in all the dust. (Continued...)

Web Cam

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:06:29 -0600

Here is a link to the McMurdo web cam. You might want to check it out. We can play a game, where's Wally. I'll get in the picture every once in a while. (Continued...)