Blogging 101

OK, everyone; I am in progress of trying to learn how to use this blog site. I have never blogged before so there is a learning curve. I wanted to get some pictures out and some explanations of where and what I have been doing.

I have been trying for weeks to get this down, my friend Brodie (IT) came and showed me how to do this again. I was having problems uploading pictures to the blog. Yeah, I finally got it. Part of the problem here, is that we do not have alot of band width so downloading pictures can be an issue.

So now on to the story of my travels here to Antarctica. This first picture is me, at the terminal in Christchurch, New Zealand; getting ready to board the airplane for Antarctica. I am in my ECW (extreme cold weather gear), the red parka, also known as "Big Red" is your friend.

There are lots of people getting ready to go, the room was full of anticipation.

Then we boarded the aircraft. An Air Force C-17, cargo and passengers on board. As you can see we even had an aiplane engine with us. There was a C-130 on the "ice" as we call it here, that was broke down. I sat next to one of the Kiwi (that is a New Zealander) pilots from that airplane. We chatted up a bit. Have to learn the terms to survive.

Inside the aircraft, looking up at the cockpit.

A new friend I met, she is an ER nurse as well, but came to the ice as a cargo handler. There are people with various degrees that come here to work just for the experience. What an amazing place.