One of the nice things about my new job this season is we get to go places. Last week I went on a helo ride out the the Dry Valleys. About 75 miles west of McMurdo.

We were finding and digging out an emergency fuel cache. The barrels had been untouched for at least a couple years so we were tasked with digging them out and testing them to see if the fuel was still good, or in the drums at all. About 12 drums had been used up and 15 were still there.

A quick stop at Marble point to wait for weather to change. In a couple of weeks I'm heading back here to work for about 2 weeks.

The fuel cache

Round Mountain