Iron Time

Working out has been on the back burner for a long time.  We have two weeks invested in getting organized in the lab and adjusting our lifestyles to fit the preexisting crew here.  No one like it when new people come in and screw up the schedules.   So having been extremely enticed by the gym during our orientation made me crave iron time and muscular pain to a level I haven’t felt in the longest time.  This is due to the extremely long days with exhausting ends.  Being tired and feeling like there is really no reason for it SUCKS!  So since Monday I have been back to it and I am finally starting to feel that great energized extra bit of energy and that spunk that makes the day so much more fun.  All thanks to a great gym, I will get photos later, maybe a video.

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The ice is back in town...

The Ice has not left!  We got back from our little mock sampling trip yesterday and the ice was on its way back.  The wind had shifted and the mass of ice flowing toward us reminded me of a creepshow2 story where a roving blob eats everything in sight.  Can’t beat that kind of mental visualization while stuck on an island in Antarctica, at least it isn’t the THING.  So the point of all that was just to say that the Ice is back and we are repeating the same thing over and over again.  

Maybe something will happen soon.

Paty, The PI in charge of organizing everything down here is leaving on Tuesday of next week.  She is not happy about not being able to start any real science.

How cool is this place?

Ok the setup down here is amazing.  We have internet service 24-7 and at not too shabby of a connection speed.  I asked for some help on a process from one of my friends and lab-mates and he was just able to chat with me on messenger like we were in separate rooms.  I am in Antarctica with the internet and a phone.  How crazy!  The only really weird thing is that we hang out with the same 42 people everyday, and we are confined to approximately one square mile.  All is well though because everyone is very cool.

Ice is moving! Woo Hoo!

Holy cow! We are going nuts this morning.  The ice has retreated by about 1000m and it is a good idea for us to get out and take a quick bucket sample of the surface so that we can start to get some ideas about the levels of DMS, DMSP, CDOM, and bacteria.  I will tell you more later.  Rock on!  A’ boating we will go!