A beautiful Sunday morning for a strool.
Well we got up this morning and decided to go for a strool out to Scott Hut before we went to brunch. The weather is very nice, well for here it is. There is no wind which is great, but the temp. is -27F right now at 2PM.
Scott Hut is on the point to the west of town in the harbor. If you look at the photo of the harbor that I posted on Wed. Aug. 20th you can see the point on the right side of the photo. It is a mile long walk out there. And as you can see we are finally starting to get some blue sky here. But clouds is still more common than clear. This photo of Paula is at Scott's hut looking towards the mountains to the north. Maybe someone smarter can tell you what he dome is?
Here is a photo of Scott Hut and McMurdo from Hut point. Scott's Hut was built in 1902 to support Shelklton's (I don't know the spelling I will report back with the correction) expiditions here in Antarctica. I don't know much of the history of it yet. But it is open for tours from time to time, and it is just as the early explores had left it. Actually sitting on the outside is a seal skin from the early 1900's. I will get a photo of that later for you all to see.
In the background is Mac-town. The 4 large brown buildings in the foreground are all dorms. Only one is open right now. And the first tan building to the left of them is dorm 203-B which is our dorm. The green buildings to the left of the photo are supply buildings, and the Heavy Shop where we work is on the hill just behind them. And the two poles out on the ice between Mac-town and Scott's Hut are on the Ice pier where the cargo and tanker ship will dock in late Jan. and early Feb. Notice the smoke from the powerplant in front. It is going almost straight up. That is very unusual here.
And this is what happens to you when it is -27F. It really is a pain in the butt when your eyes water and then freeze closed. But in reality, with the clothing that you are given, after an hour walk in -27F it isn't too bad at all. I have been much colder in Buffalo in the past. Think of standing out on a 15F day in your full turnout gear. Same kind of cold.
And then went we returned from our walk we had a nice camp fire to warm us all up.
R.J.
Scott Hut is on the point to the west of town in the harbor. If you look at the photo of the harbor that I posted on Wed. Aug. 20th you can see the point on the right side of the photo. It is a mile long walk out there. And as you can see we are finally starting to get some blue sky here. But clouds is still more common than clear. This photo of Paula is at Scott's hut looking towards the mountains to the north. Maybe someone smarter can tell you what he dome is?
Here is a photo of Scott Hut and McMurdo from Hut point. Scott's Hut was built in 1902 to support Shelklton's (I don't know the spelling I will report back with the correction) expiditions here in Antarctica. I don't know much of the history of it yet. But it is open for tours from time to time, and it is just as the early explores had left it. Actually sitting on the outside is a seal skin from the early 1900's. I will get a photo of that later for you all to see.
In the background is Mac-town. The 4 large brown buildings in the foreground are all dorms. Only one is open right now. And the first tan building to the left of them is dorm 203-B which is our dorm. The green buildings to the left of the photo are supply buildings, and the Heavy Shop where we work is on the hill just behind them. And the two poles out on the ice between Mac-town and Scott's Hut are on the Ice pier where the cargo and tanker ship will dock in late Jan. and early Feb. Notice the smoke from the powerplant in front. It is going almost straight up. That is very unusual here.
And this is what happens to you when it is -27F. It really is a pain in the butt when your eyes water and then freeze closed. But in reality, with the clothing that you are given, after an hour walk in -27F it isn't too bad at all. I have been much colder in Buffalo in the past. Think of standing out on a 15F day in your full turnout gear. Same kind of cold.
And then went we returned from our walk we had a nice camp fire to warm us all up.
R.J.
posted by R.J. at 9:04 PM
6 Comments:
Haven't I seen that bonfire
before. Mom
R.J. - I realize that English was never your best subject in school while it was my best subject. You remember on the first day of school every year when your English teacher told you how well your older sister had done in the class the previous year (that really used to piss you off). Anyway, there were other subjects that you excelled at that I did not.
So I have to ask...what the hell is a strool? Is it a combination of stroll and stool? Maybe you went for a walk and had to take a bathroom break during the walk? Just curious...
Hi Paula! It's Jim and Sandy's brother-in-law David. I didn't realize you had this desire to seek out a place whose weather that is worse than Buffalo's in winter. Seems as though shoveling the driveway there takes on a whole new meaning ;-)
For all the brutal cold, the place appears to have a certain beauty to it. Had Jim and Sandy with us here in Rochester this past weekend, and Sandy showed us your blog.
Hi Paula! It's Jim and Sandy's brother-in-law David. I didn't realize you had this desire to seek out a place whose weather that is worse than Buffalo's in winter. Seems as though shoveling the driveway there takes on a whole new meaning ;-)
For all the brutal cold, the place appears to have a certain beauty to it. Had Jim and Sandy with us here in Rochester this past weekend, and Sandy showed us your blog.
Hi Paula! It's Jim and Sandy's brother-in-law David. I didn't realize you had this desire to seek out a place whose weather that is worse than Buffalo's in winter. Seems as though shoveling the driveway there takes on a whole new meaning ;-)
For all the brutal cold, the place appears to have a certain beauty to it. Had Jim and Sandy with us here in Rochester this past weekend, and Sandy showed us your blog.
Sorry about the multiple posts. I kept getting error messages, and sent it through again............
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