Antarctic Sun and Photos

I have been back from Antarctica for six weeks. This has been the easiest acclimation of all of my trips. I am not sure as to why that has been the case. It might be because it was the shortest trip I've done in awhile or maybe this is the result of experience and repetition. For me, one of the amazing post-trip realities is how quickly you forget about all of the great parts, nuances, and annoyances, of day to day life in Antarctica. I have no idea how the last month has gone for people working in McMurdo. I don't know if they have recovered from all of the delays early in the main body season or if there have been a continuing series of storms and weather delays. The good news is that the data continues to be retrieved from the Antarctic Precipitation Systems. We have yet to really dig into any analyses of the data. We will likely need to retrieve several months of data and look for specific cases in order to determine how the the instruments are doing. I don't have much more to say, mostly because this year's Antarctic experience feels like a distant memory, so I am not going to bore you with any more words.

I can share with you a recent Article that was posted in the Antarctic Sun on our field season. You can read the article at:
https://antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/contentHandler.cfm?id=4339

I am done going through the photos and I have 365 pictures from this years trip.  That compares to 569 in 2015 and 292 in 2016. I am really surprised and not sure how I took that many in comparison to past years. I have created two albums from the field season. The first album is of all of the 5-star photos (89):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u9dsrx7txxoyzn4/AAAGNHFsEoNWpXJndbyrev6Ga
If you are really brave, bored, or my Mom, you can view all of the 4-star and 5-star photos (239):
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gasi3mrcr2p80r8/AACX-4xNQcQsHwMPo4-IEggwa

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That is all I have for this year's trip. As always, feel free to email, or ask, me questions at any time throughout the year. I am scheduled to return to Antarctica again in November for a field season to do maintenance on the Antarctic Precipitation Systems that we installed this year.

Tail of the C-17 with the Antarctic sun and Mount Discovery in the background.

Mount Erebus, the Antarctic sun, and low clouds near the summit.

Stopping at the outside of the Discovery Hut during our hike to Hut Point Peninsula.

The Antarctic Precipitation System installed at Phoenix Airfield.