McMurdo Station. After living at South Pole, it was a bit of a shock to arrive in big bad McMurdo – Lots of people, dirt, dust, buildings, terrain, machines.. everything. Major overload after the pole, but a good introduction back into “society”, in preparation for reemergence back to New Zealand. I arrived at McMurdo the afternoon of Feb 12, and departed the afternoon of Feb 13 – a solid 24 hours in McMurdo. Here’s how it went down:
Arriving in mac town, fresh off Ivan The Terrabus
Looking over Scott Base
Scott Base
As soon as I had dropped my bag in my assigned dorm room, I immediately started the 45 minute hike across the island to New Zealand
After that, I hitched a ride back to McMurdo, took a quick 15 minutes for dinner, and then headed out with a few friends on an 8 mile hike to Castle Rock.
On our way up to Castle Rock
These emergency pods,
Ascending castle rock via fixed ropes.
South Pole Cook Aaron Benton
We arrived back in McMurdo around 12:30, just in time for
And finally, since it was the end of the season, the tanker ship Maersk Peary was in port that week, offloading winter fuel. I went with Polies Keith and Lily Fouts on a quick tour of the ship, lead by the ships engine mechanic.
