And then there were 3

There are now only 3 members of the ANITA team left in McMurdo, lonely times!  The staff at LDB is a skeleton crew of 5, enough to help us keep our data flowing and cover the recovery operations.  Other than this there are 3 members of CREAM, who will be leaving soon having had their flight terminated and their recovery operation any day now.  But worst of all, the Galley has closed!  And lunch break out at LDB will now feature sandwiches from town or reheated days old meals.

Looking on the bright side however, we'll be eating better than anyone staying at Scott's Discovery Hut did all those years ago.  I visited the hut (which is less than a mile from my dorm) last week and was amazed at the condition the food was in, the freezing Antarctic conditions meaning that very little, including the dead seals, decays.  But they did have bovril ... mmmm ... meat drink.

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