Today was a big step forward for us! We've completed all of our training sessions and were finally able to get out in the field today!
We took an hour long helicopter ride out to Marble Point to drop off our science partners, Lars and Tom. Once we touched down, we let them load out and then took off for a scenic route across
McMurdo Sound to photograph on our way back to McMurdo. The Sound is the area that connects the Ross Sea to the Ice Shelf and it's currently mostly covered with ice, but there was an area that had not frozen over. We saw several seals, complete with afterbirth remains from recent pup births, a penguin colony - we think they were Emperors, and lots of gorgeous views.
Here are some photos from today's outing :
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| Ready for take-off. |
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| Photographing out of the window. |
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| Marble Point touchdown area. |
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| Sea breakthrough with Mt. Erebus in the background. |
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| Some beautiful cloud coverage over the ice shelf. |
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| Crevasses in the ice shelf. |
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| Touchdown! Back at McMurdo. |
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