What a treat! I got to see my son and girlfriend this morning. Technology is great. To think that there's only been people coming to the south pole for the last one hundred years and that I can already have a video chat here... amazing! This chat today will be the fuel that motivates me and keeps me warm throughout the week.
Today will mark a changing of the guard of sorts here at the pole. IceCube sends home 7 people today, briefly decreasing our population, but receives 6 "replacements" tomorrow. We are full of steam and chugging away at our 5th hole of the season, with 4 strings already deployed. If we can keep this momentum going, we will easily reach our goal of 16 strings and maybe o
ur stretch goal of 18. Either way, we are not only on track, but ahead of the game. Woo hoo!
Christmas is approaching fast. I was reminded of this again when Mikey rolled over today to grab a handful of Christmas tree. He is amazing. So alert and attentive and big... this is already the greatest Christmas present ever.
What a treat it will be to actually be home next Christmas, right? Anyway, I am looking forward to chatting again on Christmas morning. That will be the closest to "home for Christmas" I will have encountered here at pole.
This will be another busy week for the cables guys (and gal). We will be prearing for the final 5 IceTop tank fills by placing junction boxes in the trenches today and pulling 5 cables into the ICL on Tuesday. Then IceTop will be finished, from a cable point of view, and then it's on to deployments and concentrating on getting out of here.
Thats about it for now. I wish I could just roll over and forget about the Christmas tree and play with my giraffe... right Mikey?
Or maybe just chew on a ball...
Today will mark a changing of the guard of sorts here at the pole. IceCube sends home 7 people today, briefly decreasing our population, but receives 6 "replacements" tomorrow. We are full of steam and chugging away at our 5th hole of the season, with 4 strings already deployed. If we can keep this momentum going, we will easily reach our goal of 16 strings and maybe o
ur stretch goal of 18. Either way, we are not only on track, but ahead of the game. Woo hoo!Christmas is approaching fast. I was reminded of this again when Mikey rolled over today to grab a handful of Christmas tree. He is amazing. So alert and attentive and big... this is already the greatest Christmas present ever.
What a treat it will be to actually be home next Christmas, right? Anyway, I am looking forward to chatting again on Christmas morning. That will be the closest to "home for Christmas" I will have encountered here at pole.This will be another busy week for the cables guys (and gal). We will be prearing for the final 5 IceTop tank fills by placing junction boxes in the trenches today and pulling 5 cables into the ICL on Tuesday. Then IceTop will be finished, from a cable point of view, and then it's on to deployments and concentrating on getting out of here.
Thats about it for now. I wish I could just roll over and forget about the Christmas tree and play with my giraffe... right Mikey?
Or maybe just chew on a ball...
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How are you doing. We have had 8" of snow and still snowing!
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