The Big House is the defining structure of Summit Camp and houses the kitchen, dining room, office and bathroom. The building is raised up on stilts so as the snow pack gets taller the crew can…
June 17, 2008 – Cloud Cam
Tonight as I write I have Jimmy Buffet piping through my headphones, singing me off to somewhere warm. If I squint at the snow real hard it kind of looks like the ocean and…
June 16, 2008 – House Mouse
Talk about a change of pace. Today I spent the day in sweatpants and fluffy slippers at 65 deg. in the climate controlled Big House. Today was House Mouse day!…
June 15, 2008 – Happy Fathers Day
Happy Father’s Day to all you fathers out there and a special happy father’s day to one dad in particular…my dad!
Happy Father's Day!
The wind lashed at my tent…
June 14, 2008 – Flag Day
The predicted storm found its way nearer to us this morning. Snow has been blowing and drifts building all day. The temperature has remained relatively warm but the wind…
June 13, 2008 – Snow Pit Chicks
*** HAPPY FRIDAY THE 13th!***
As I sit here looking out the window of the Sat Camp shack, the clouds are creeping across the horizon toward us. The meteorologist…
June 12, 2008 – Welcome to Balloon Island
I think I am finally settling into the cold tent life. I enjoy the fresh cool air when I crawl into the sleeping bag and as long as everything is covered…
June 11, 2008 – Data Processing Day 1
Hard to believe I have been gone for 10 days now. I seems like I just left home!
Today was data processing day. Not much instrument work or setup, just…
June 10, 2008 – Live from IPY day
Each morning Barry Lefer and I take turns walking to Sat Camp to fill air canisters for Katrine Gorham’s experiment. She works through the night so we try to help…
June 9, 2008 – Skiing to Work
Ate a large breakfast this morning so I would have energy for a 10 km (6.2 mile) Cross Country skiing trip to work on a piece of equipment. One of the researchers,…
June 8, 2008 – Foggy Sunday
Ahh, Sunday, the day of rest. The Summit Camp staffers get one day off per week, and today was that day. So, it was leftovers for lunch and dinner and the whole camp…
June 7, 2008 – Meet "Sat Camp”
We spend our days setting up research equipment and analyzing data at a place called Sat Camp (Satellite Camp). It is named because of its distance from the main camp…
