Scott's Hut

Happy Friday! I've got a couple things for you all today. First, we were finally able to launch a balloon yesterday. It was super windy all morning and then we just decided to do it, wind or not. The temperatures were warm enough in the stratosphere to launch a rubber balloon which I think we all handled very well. We had to wait for the C-17 to land after we had filled the balloon but over all it was a good launch. We were able to get really good data and it went nice and high. So long Sophie!

It was also Leslie's birthday yesterday. We attached a note to the balloon and made it her birthday balloon. There was even cake at lunch and some super good banana chocolate cake at dinner. All of us went to the coffee house after dinner and Rich bought a bottle of wine to share. There were good games, good people and good drinks. It was fun and I think Leslie had a good time.

Today, we took a tour of Scott's Discovery Hut. It's that hut I took pictures of before, the one with the dead seal. It was pretty neat inside. There were lots of old tools, cooking supplies, food cartons, clothes and random dead things.
The main room. I say main room but it was really one big room with blankets hung up to make rooms. Kitchen area
Some typical clothing
Shelves of random things
Some really really old biscuits Everything was labeled special. These are special dog biscuits
Oh my god it's a ghost!! Haha just kidding. That is what happens when you breath while taking pictures. Took awhile to get used to holding my breath to get good pictures.
Now for some really, really old dead carcasses. Mmmm ready for dinner, it's seal tonight! :)
Cool box label
Here is the ceiling, they built the entire place with no insulation. They used an Australian design and it was a bad idea. The design was supposed to keep the place cool in the summer and I have no idea why they thought it would keep it warmer in the winter. Didn't work that way. Since it was so cold inside all the time, they never really used it as a living hut. It was used for storage mostly but they did have to live in it once for about 5 months when they were stuck there for a winter.
the hut
I am amazed and impressed with the old explorers. They lived off little food, ate their dogs and somehow stayed warm and alive through all their adventures. Well most of them. They were all crazy I think.

So that was my morning, I've just been analyzing ozone data and transfering it to Terry for the rest of the day. Tonight I think we are going to the coffee house to hang out again. We only have a week left so we are trying to see some people before we leave. Cheers!

Hehe this is the troll that lives under the bridge between Crary and 155. :)