Howdy Ya'll
I'm not sure how to get this thing to let me put descriptions under each of these photos individually yet. So I'll just summarize it all up here. This is the staircase I fell down last time I was here, although there was a lot of snow then. My co-worker welcomed me back with the little signs at the top and bottom of the handrail, I'll try to keep it in mind. Haha. The picture with all buildings is the view from my office. I'm not sure if you'll be able to see them but there are a bunch of seals out on the ice to the left of the green roofed building. The bird is a Skua, they're sort of like rats of the sky. They're scavengers, so if you're carrying food they'll dive bomb you to try and get you to drop it. They're not scared of humans so you can walk right by them and they don't care. "Operation Deep Freeze" is the name the military uses for working down here. The Navy started building the place back in 1956 but turned it over to the National Science Foundation in the mid 90's. When the Airforce is here in the summer they call it Operation Deep Freeze too.
Just some random stuff for you guys. I've been busy getting settled and working since I got here, that and I just keep forgetting to post blogs though. Now that I've done it though I think I'll post much more often. If not you can always bug me and I'll post something. :)