Hi - almost done with my safety training. Today was sea ice - we need this to be able to spot cracks to avoid, to learn what cracks we might cross safely, and to measure the thickness of the sea ice. The pictures below show what when on today. The first one is of some the sea ice itself - a nice color of blue. In the second, Thomas Wonik and myself are bragging about how fast we were able to make two intersecting holes in the ice for holding a tent line loop (Thomas has his pizza lunch with him!).
We then went further out (about an hour out of McMurdo to the north to the edge of the 'old' sea ice that has built up over the last few years because of the blockage of a great big ice berg B-17 and some 'new' sea ice that was created this last year. We measured the thickness of both to be about 3.35 m for the old and 2 m for the new. This is important as they have to keep track of this for the ice roads.
Flat Stanley has been busy - but he is not too smart - Flat Stanley - come out of the Level 2 winds and put some warm clothes on!!! It is very cold and windy out on the sea ice.
Flat Stanley has also been checking out the exhibits here - he is looking at some of the meteorites that have been found in Antarctica. Grade 1's- why is Antarctica a good place to look for meteorites??
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