It has been a while so I've decided to make an update, especially considering the fact that I only have a little over two weeks left... but I'm not counting or anything. We had some excitement a few weeks ago when the Nathaniel B. Palmer (NBP) docked in the harbor for offload/upload, it provided a nice change of pace and livened up the town a little bit. After providing assistance with the transport of cargo to/from the vessel, we were given a tour of the ship which I found to be very interesting. Everything from the bridge to the galley was impressive, even the stairwells were fascinating (mostly due to their ability to induce vertigo).
After the NBP resupply operations were completed, I checked another item off of my to-do list when I spotted some emperor penguins on the road to the Pegasus airfield. There were only two at the time of the picture, but now there is one large group numbering around sixteen penguins (as well as a few stragglers). I've also included a couple of photos from earlier in the season, if you look closely you can a mirage in the background of each. There is some fancy term for the phenomenon (and it's actually quite common down here), but I just don't care enough to remember the name (no matter how hard I try).
Lastly, I have included some shots of a C-17 from two days ago that our team worked. This particular flight was a little different than most due to the fact that it transported a kiwi helicopter back to Christchurch. It was fascinating to watch the kiwis land the chopper right there on the ramp and disassemble it on the spot. I was able to get a video of the C-17 coming in and parking on the ramp, but I was a little too slow on the draw when it came to recording the helo landing.
After the NBP resupply operations were completed, I checked another item off of my to-do list when I spotted some emperor penguins on the road to the Pegasus airfield. There were only two at the time of the picture, but now there is one large group numbering around sixteen penguins (as well as a few stragglers). I've also included a couple of photos from earlier in the season, if you look closely you can a mirage in the background of each. There is some fancy term for the phenomenon (and it's actually quite common down here), but I just don't care enough to remember the name (no matter how hard I try).
Lastly, I have included some shots of a C-17 from two days ago that our team worked. This particular flight was a little different than most due to the fact that it transported a kiwi helicopter back to Christchurch. It was fascinating to watch the kiwis land the chopper right there on the ramp and disassemble it on the spot. I was able to get a video of the C-17 coming in and parking on the ramp, but I was a little too slow on the draw when it came to recording the helo landing.
