Here are two more spectacular photos sent to us from McMurdo Station, Antarctica by our pen pal in the USAP, John Miller. As John told us via email, this small hut in Antarctica had its windows broken in a storm, and it rapidly filled up with snow and ice. John dropped by later on to see what happened. That's him taking a break on the frozen sofa.
In the next photo we see what the visibility conditions are like in the Antarctic winter -- it's basically zero. Again, thanks, John, for the fantastic photos! I showed these to our students and teachers today at school, and they were amazed.
--Adrian
Below are John's own words in his email:
"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 ... 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....
Take care and enjoy the sunshine you have,
John"
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