| Friday the weather deteriorated throughout the day; however, we were able
to field a terrestrial sampling team for a couple of hours (see photos).
A total of 20 terrestrial samples were collected from around McMurdo Station,
leaving 10 samples left to collect. Shortly after sampling operations were
curtailed, the weather service on the station declared a Condition 2 weather
situation. Weather Condition 2 restricts travel to covered vehicles (no
snowmobiles) and short, building to building foot travel. Condition 1 does
not authorize any travel outside at all. Areas on the ice shelf were at
Condition 1 today. |