It's been stormy here in Mactown for the last several days and the only thing landing on the runway is lots of snow. Hopefully the weather will clear up soon, though, I'm scheduled to fly out to Taylor Dome (popularly called Taylor "Doom", due to the extreme weather) on Thursday to help the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE) crew tie up any loose ends with science equipment, testing, construction and repairs before they leave for the south pole.

The ITASE project is a pretty neat thing that has been happening for the last 10 or so years. Basically, the team is 10- 15 people that drive to the south pole every year from varying locations in a big tractor while towing a little city on skis consisting of a galley, a sleeping shack, a science tent and a honeybucket. The trip takes about 2 months and they take ice cores and all kinds of other fun data along the way.

It sure would be neat to go out there and meet some of the people going, but it seems like nothing's fore sure round here

~G