time reversal

A few days ago we had our first installment of package mail since I’ve been here. There was an announcement over the intercom: “Attention South Pole: All hands to Destination ZULU to bring freshies into station. Repeat: This is your Thanksgiving dinner. Come help!” I pulled on my ECW gear and walked down to DZ, [...]

Well, my month-long vacation is finally over, and I’ve been back in the lab for a week now. Even though it is in fact work, it’s actually kind of nice. I completely dismantled my test cryostat this week over some protestations from other projects that had been using it in my absence, only to have [...]