Beautiful Place

The glacier behind Hut point.

Antarctica is one of the most beautiful places in the world.  I will give a little info on McMurdo station to begin with.  It sits on volcanic rock and overlooks the sea.  The sea is frozen now so it is a white expanse butting up to the transantarctic mountains.  There are glaciers cutting through the mountains.  The sun can be intense here, making them shine and appear blue.  The town of McMurdo itself is quite ugly, but overlooking the sea ice is well worth the view.  The ice is still very thick and goes on for several miles.  The ice is still so thick that we can land our planes on it.  In a month or so, the ice will be too thin and the runway will be moved to the permanent Ross ice shelf.