McMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA
I stepped out this morning into a dreary gray day. The cloudy skies and cool breeze are a welcome change from the previous two days' clear blue skies and warm temps. Oh certainly the summer days of light jackets were a pleasant reprieve, but the intense sun and rising temperatures have turned our airfield into a swamp. Drivers transporting passengers and cargo have been slogging through the slushy mess that used to be a road, one section having been deemed "the bog." The drive takes about twice as long as it once did, and the week has been a long battle of getting any plane to make it off the ground.
We are decidedly short an effective skiway, and I'm afraid the situation is only getting worse. Now on day four of cancelled flights, I wonder what is the contingency plan if the planes can't take off. April?
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