Saturday, October 25, 2008

Our First Storm

We are now living at Penguin Ranch, but have no birds, yet. We want to go to the ice edge by helo to capture a few birds. Unfortunately, the weather had a change of plans for us. The flight was scrubbed and we were hit by a storm, instead.

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Paul and Brendan checking the corral.

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There is something very comforting about having lots of food and fuel when the snow is swirling about the camp. Here’s a photo of the kitchen larder and we have several coolers outside filled with frozen food. Obviously, it is very easy to keep food cold in the Antarctic – no power generation needed.

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Paul cooked dinner.

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Cass and Jessica warmed their feet by the stove.

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Kozue at her computer.

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The storm wore out Brendan.

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Kathi writing the blog.

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