Waiting to Unload a Can

Photos courtesy of Michiel. The ship has been docked for about a day, but we haven't yet gotten any containers ("cans") of food to open. Lots of eating, knitting, joking, waiting....

Ice Breaker

At last, our ship has come in! Sorry it has been so long since my last post, but I have been working nights in preparation for the yearly supply ship, the American Tern, to arrive. We have all been in a holding pattern, waiting to see if the ship will be able to reach McMurdo. The sea ice is really thick this year and the contracted Russian ice breaker, the Krasin, has a broken propeller and is not running at capacity. So, we are very lucky the ship made it in so soon.
It's amazing to think there is a year's worth of supplies on the boat. Starting tomorrow we will be working 12-hour shifts until it is all offloaded. I will be receiving the food. Lots and lots of food...
After offload, we are free to "redeploy" to the real world. That's a whole 'nother story. I can't wait to be back amongst plants, animals, children and other living things. This is a big dead place indeed...