Winter, entry 1

The last leg of summer was a strange time. Very chaotic and at times uninspiring, hence a prolonged space between now and my last writing. The blizzards from that month gave different people different feelings, for me they were exciting and helped keep me going, while more seasoned expeditioners looked at our naive enthusiasm with amusement or disinterest and sometimes disapproval.

From a work point of view, everything went wrong. When the task seemed insurmountable advice came from the mainland and two significantly bad technical issues were solved in a tidy and helpful manner. As the tech here I enjoyed being the eyes and hands for the big players that helped me work through the problems to solutions. I finally felt my place as the tech down here was justified. All this time I have been performing the preventative maintenance program but never feeling like my input was enough. To have two issues right when the last ship for the season was pulling away from the shore and leaving us for 7 months was a daunting but exciting feeling. Now Met is hoping to settle back into a more comfortable routine, and the met tech is looking forward to his preventative maintenance and wont ever cross his fingers for more work again ;)

The winter crew is an interesting bunch, really good people. We have our differences and time will tell how much they factor into the success of our year. The other night I was lucky enough to spy some aurora activity. Enjoy the pics.

B2