MORE ANTARTICA

Here I am at CDC (clothing distribution center) in Christchurch before getting on the C-17 for the 5 hour flight to "the Ice."  This is after 2-1/2 hours from Denver to Los Angeles, 12 hours
to Sidney (as in Australia ) and another 3-1/2 hours to Christchurch.  I did have a day rest
for training and picking up my gear.

Waiting in front of our hotel (still doing major construction after all the quakes) at 6:00 a.m.
for our van to take us to "de plane" for the ice.

Still at CDC watching the video to prepare us for flying and checking out our clothing.

Now I am sitting in the pax terminal at the center watching yet another video before
taking a bus out to the C-17.  It's a longggggg process.

                                                     This is the C-17 that I came in on.

Here we are in the C-17 for the 5'ish hours flight time to McMurdo.  Usually we have about 10
rows of  "regular" airplane seats, but there was too much cargo so we got the side seats.
At least we have a regular bathroom!!!!  I've flown where we had a bucket (granted a big one!!)
with a shower curtain around it.

My room when I arrived.  There were only two of us and I had the bottom bunk.  My roommate left two days ago and it's been fun being alone.  Will send you a new  picture of how I decorated the place.
Martha Stewart eat your heart out.!!!!!

This is one shot of the pressure ridges (caused by the continental ice shelf and the sea ice and the land meeting)  .  That is Mt. Erebus in the background.