Waiting for the Ilyushin – weather mostly windy (40 knots gusting 80 knots).
Katabatic winds coming down the mountain can reach 100 mph! |
Snow must be removed from around the tent every 2-3 hours, or it will collapse. |
The best place to be is in an igloo. (Built with the help of an Inuit friend.)
Extremely quiet even during strong storms. |
At Patriot Hills the food is kept in a natural freezer dug into ice. |
Human waste ready for transfer back to Chile. |
Interesting people in Antarctica.
Msgr. Liberio Andreatta, back from the South Pole
celebrates a peace mass on Sunday Jan. 26... |
Right after mass we learn that our wait is over, the plane is coming to take us back to Chile. |
