My ship comes in
Well, not my ship. But out on the horizon, you can now see a teeny tiny dark spot. It gets a little bigger every day! It is the icebreaker Oden, which is now on its way to McMurdo. I tried to take a picture but it’s still too far out. Eventually it’ll get in here and break the ice in the channel.
We also saw penguins from Hut Point on Sunday - little Adelies. They walked for a while, then all laid down and slept for about fifteen minutes, then got up and started on their way again. They were pretty far out, but it makes me confident that we’ll see some more once the channel is open. I hope we get to see some whales too!
Did you guys hear / see anything about the British fishing vessel stuck in the ice last week? Apparently it was close to one of the kiwi bases, and they airdropped a piston to the ship from a C-130!
Not that I’d wanna be the one trying to catch it, mind!
— Dave