Some geekiness aside, today was a great day.
After the fantastic evening last night I was pretty tired but this morning at 8:30 sharp we were at Antarctica New Zealand getting kitted out, that is getting our personal clothing. Unlike the system in Canada, Antarctica New Zealand provides cold weather gear to all personnel going to the Antarctic.
I won't be showing any pictures of the gear yet, but I promise to show some as we work.
The gear they provide is really excellent and includes long johns, socks, balaclavas, hats, gloves, mitts, goggles, sunglasses, midweight fleece layer, a synthetic insulated jacket, windproof softsheel, and a big down parka, and ski pants and two pairs of boots. Tomorrow we have to wear certain things on the plane such as the big down parka, the ski pants and boots, googles, gloves and a hat.
The gear is really nice, high quality and has some bright orange.
Tomorrow we fly out on a C-17 Globemaster III . We get picked up at 6am, go through security, watch a safety video, then more security and then we depart at 9am. It will be about a 5hr flight. I will post some pictures as soon as I can.
After the gear outfitting we went back to Wolfgang's house for a few hours while he went back to the University to finish up some last minute things. Then in the late afternoon we went for a short walk to Taylor's Mistake, named after a man who sailed into the wrong harbour.
Well the timestamp in all my pictures is wrong, but will be fixed in the future. It was actually the 15th of November between 3pm and 6 pm.
New Zealand is an absolutely beautiful country, so many hills and valleys, mountains, streams, twisting curvy roads and because it is spring, very very green, quite nice after leaving Edmonton with snow, ice and leafless trees.
Well I need to shower and sleep. Keep tuned for more pictures and updates.
Ohh you did upload pics :)
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