Day 1: South Pole Traverse
Day 1
Miles Advanced: 46.6
Elevation: 176 ft.
Weather: Sunny, 15 degrees
Miles from McMurdo: 75.5
Our first day Traversing with the entire crew. Everything went pretty well I think. Got stuck right from the get-go and had to hook up two tractors together with a plasma rope- both pulling loads in unison. Great conditions, trail not too hard or too soft- the sastrugi wasn’t that bad either.
It was decided that the Refrigerator Module should sit on plastic sleds this year instead of skis. To protect the sleds from abrasion we placed the Module on inflatable river rafts which was then placed on the sleds. Well, on day one, we already have a popped raft- go figure.
Other than that, I’m sick. Yup, picked up the crud in McMurdo and will most likely pass it around to the entire crew shortly.
