John Miller, our pen pal in Antarctica, just sent us these amazing photos from McMurdo, Antarctica right after a snow storm with 80 mph winds. The winds broke the windows of this small building and see what happened when the snow and extreme temperatures got in!
Life at McMurdo is no picnic. By the way, this week Jazz Fest starts in New Orleans. Maybe there should be a Jazz Fest at McMurdo too, but let's have it indoors. This could be a good way to escape the cold ... with hot Jazz!
--Adrian
Below is what John Miller wrote to us:
Here are a few pictures of what this place looks like after two weeks of snow falling and 80mph winds. All told we received around 6 feet of snow, although I have yet to figure out how the weather people actually come by that total because of the high winds. Some places are scoured clean, while others have 10 foot drifts.
One of the buildings had a couple of windows broken out from blowing debris and which allowed snow to fill up the room making for some very interesting photos. Visibility at times was worse than zero, and as you can see form the photo's of the bucket truck, not very good for most of the time. I wasn't working with the bucket truck at the time, but was outside quite a bit later on that night.
Take care and enjoy the sunshine you have,
John
One of the buildings had a couple of windows broken out from blowing debris and which allowed snow to fill up the room making for some very interesting photos. Visibility at times was worse than zero, and as you can see form the photo's of the bucket truck, not very good for most of the time. I wasn't working with the bucket truck at the time, but was outside quite a bit later on that night.
Take care and enjoy the sunshine you have,
John
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