Yesterday afternoon Jeff, Yuki and I climbed up Observation Hill. to see Mt. Erebus, Scott base, and the Royal Society Range. The view was amazing, but the wind was frigid and very strong. It almost blew us off the top of the hill when we got to the top.
Steaming Mt. Erebus (12,451 ft.) looms [...]
Tags: Jeff · McMurdo · Mt. Erebus · Observation hill · penguin sliding · scott base · Yuki
I made it at last! The trip in was entertaining. First, we has a “safety briefing” which basically consisted of them telling us not to get frostbite. It was raining in NZ when they packed us all onto a bus wearing our ECW gear and drove us to the airplane. There was a guy with [...]
Tags: Antarctica · axe · c-17 · McMurdo · Mt. Erebus