08 January 2008
McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
31F, Light Snow
We took a group photo last week. There are 13 of us in all, including both the seismic and GPS group. One of our mountaineers, JR, is missing from this photo. From left to right: Eric Kendrick, Robert Smalley, Patrick Shore, Peter Braddock, Brian Bonnett, Don Voigt, Abel Brown, me (Stephanie Konfal), Mitchell Barklage, Thomas Nylen, Audrey Huerta, and Mike Willis.
Here is a picture of my boots! Those spiky things on the bottom are crampons, for when we work on ice. A lot of our sites this year will be on small little nunataks surrounded by ice. Sometimes the ice is covered by snow, so it’s ok to walk on, but other times it’s just exposed blue ice. In these cases we need crampons to get anywhere without falling over, especially when hefting a 72 lb battery.
