Monthly Archives: May 2012

While things are great down here on the Ice, I do miss some things.  Things that I used to take for granted.  I don’t miss them to the point where I am homesick, but I miss things like: My family My friends The sweet, earthy smell of freshly mown grass The metallic smell of rainContinue reading “Things I miss.”

So a while back, I posted what my typical work day is like and I wrote that I would also write what I do on my days off.  Well, being that I’m an extraordinary procrastinator, I’m finally getting around to doing just that. It depends on the day of the week and what is goingContinue reading “Days off – part 1”

If you recall (and if you don’t, you can read one of my early blogs) I spent some time during Winfly looking for Auroras.  When most people that I know think of auroras, they think of two things.  1, they think of Sleeping Beauty (you know, Princess Aurora), or the aurora borealis, the Northern Lights.Continue reading “I like the night life, baby”

April 24th, 2012 marked the last sunset of the season.  I was worried that the weather that day was going to mimic the weather from the day before, when we were borderline condition 1 weather.  Condition 1 weather is classified as “Windspeed over 100 knots (60 miles per hour)Visibility less than 100 feet (30 meters)WindContinue reading “Goodbye Sun!”