Dateline: Thursday December 7, 2000
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Randy writes:
It is beautiful here, sunny and not
too cold. I guess that is why our flight made it down today. The
Ross Sea is still frozen and so we landed close to the base and only
had a short ride in on Ivan the Terra Bus. Our flight down was quick
also, because we were on a Kiwi C-130 which does not have skis. This
means less drag and so less time in the air. Our flight from
Christchurch was only about 7 hours.
We have done "bag drag" and so we can relax and work a bit -- no more "hurry up and wait" for today. We are on flight P066 and believe we will report at 7:30AM. The low pressure system that was creating the unstable weather has moved on so things look good for making it to Pole by mid-day tomorrow.
Some pictures of the flight to McMurdo:
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