McMurdo Station Winfly

Here I go again. With no plans to leave the western side of the Colorado Rockies at the beginning of this week, I am now almost packed and ready to leave home for 6 months. I begin my long journey South to McMurdo Station a week from today, Aug 21st. Tom will follow in October if all goes as planned. The fact that, at this writing, there is no icebreaker for resupply activities in late January/early February 2012 makes this an interesting deployment. We can only remain adaptable. Bend. Like the willow...

Winfly 2010

Let the pre-season begin at McMurdo Station, Antarctica! Winfly. Short for Winter fly-in.

Several people begin their long commute this week, first to Denver, then LAX, then New Zealand and after a night in Christchurch, on to McMurdo Station. They will be on the "Ice" in less than a week. Get ready all you winterovers who have been isolated there all austral winter. Here come the orange people. They'll be tan (orange), fast talking, fast walking, and full of goodies, libations and freshies. It's always good to see new faces and enjoy the new energy on station after a long, cold, dark winter with no outside contact from the rest of the world. Just think...MAIL! You get MAIL! Have fun. The Hamanns are thinking of you and wishing you the best as you deal with the masses.