Photos from the Past Week

This is simply a collection of photos take over the last week or so. No particular order to things, just a smattering of what we've done, where we've been and things we've seen.

BLAST instrument running a telemetry test before launch

Scott leading a tour through the pressure ridges

Frost crystals left after ice fog

Castle Rock from the pressure ridges

Two Antarctic explorers

Melt pool in the pressure ridges

Testing the Seat Pack again--this time in the Twin Otter airplane

Mt. Erebus above the clouds

Black Island with approaching storm

Mt. Erebus with volcanic plume

Summit of Mt. Erebus with carter and lava lake

Slopes of Mt. Erebus with summit of Mt. Terror above the clouds

Shadow of the storm

White Island

Twin Otter with LDB camp in background

Loading the Seat Pack instrument

This morning we ran in the McMurdo Turkey Trot race from the Chapel of the Snows to the top of Scott Base Hill and back (~5km) and toninght is the big Thanksgiving holiday meal! These are two of the big events of the season. Stay tuned for details in next week's blog entry...