I have such a hard time even logging into my blog from here that I'm not going to dare to try to upload any videos. But Jase, one of our fantastic chefs in the galley here and a new friend of mine, manages to regularly upload videos onto his blog via Facebook. So for a new dimension if you're following this blog, I recommend checking out Jase's blog.
The picture for this post is a C-17 aircraft--the kind that flew us from Christchurch to McMurdo, doing a fly-by of Pole back in November during a test run in which they were experimenting with making emergency rations drops here. In 2015, for the first time, there are going to be winter passenger flights in and out of McMurdo Station. But landing a plane at Pole the dark and cold of winter at 90 degrees south is still not a possibility. So just in case, it's comforting that they have now successfully experimented with a cargo drop (via parachute) that was retrieved from the far "backyard" of the station. And it was really impressive to see this plane make several passes over teh station one night.
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