We took a couple of hours to set up camp. McMurdo carpenters had already set up two small weather haven tents for us and a couple helo sling loads of our camp gear had already been delivered that morning. The rhythmic thud of the rotors accelerated and we were carried over the white expanse of the Ross Ice Shelf and into the stark grey granite walls of the Taylor Valley.Īfter the scenic 40 minute flight we arrived at the Blood Falls Camp site, named for the dark orange streaks in the iron stained glacier nearby. After we selected our helmets and weighed ourselves, the helo technicians loaded our duffel bags into the Huey and we all squished into the remaining seats. Maciej and Annika left town on the first flight to run some errands at the Lake Bonney camp before the rest of us arrived. Chris and Shilpa would join us in the field on Friday. The plan was that Peter, Bill, Kristof, Bob, Annika, Maciej and Vickie would head out to the Blood Falls campsite and start to set up the Bot House platform on the lake ice. Our first day in the field! This morning we started off by enjoying our last prepared breakfast in the McMurdo Station dining hall and then checked out of our rooms and headed down to the helo pad for our flight to the west lobe of Lake Bonney. West Lake Bonney, Taylor Valley, Antarctica
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