Heading out ...

Shitty blogs and their shitty inability accept image uploads.  Then the shitty image placement/movement options.  It’s very frustrating, I may have to put photos on facebook or Flickr instead…

Venting over (for now at least), on to more pleasing matters.  ANITA is being pieced together nice and quickly, though the small parts of the test data I’m supposed to be analysing are causing a few headaches.  I’m getting the complete Antarctic experience and will be heading out today onto the ice sheet for a day of snow school followed by a night in a tent, I even get altitude training.  And finally, Hereford are no longer propping up League 1 (US spellcheckers claim ‘Hereford is no longer propping up League 1’, which brings up an issue I’d like resolved; should a football team be referred to as a singular?   It sounds wrong to me, ESPN coverage of sport - ‘sports’, they’re probably right on that one - pisses me off).

The snow school thing is quite cool.  I’m doing it so I can be backup for trips out to Taylor Dome and WAIS (West Antarctic Ice Sheet).  3 other ANITA members will be making the trip out to both sites to set up pulsing antennas that ANITA will be able to see.

Delta

I’ve managed to get off base finally for a trip too, riding in a Delta out to some ice caves.  So now I can say I’ve been in a crevasse, only I went in from the side not the top.  Hopefully pictures will be up of that soon… (they now are!)

Erebus(?) with a fair amount of wind

Nothing else to say really, other than weight loss efforts have faltered after my grand start with the football.  But I’m determined not to have to cook for Jo any more than I would normally (not out of meanness, I look after my girlfriend, rather annoyance at my lack of fitness and my vanity).