No Travel Allowed Condition ONE!!!

Eventually, we had to evacuate the building as a group for safety

They called Weather Condition 1 intermittently throughout the day. This is the view from my garage! There's usually a 230m mountain visible from this vantage

Condition 2 herbi. My first of the season

Let's go to Antarctica today 🇦🇶🇦🇶🇦🇶

oh. THERE's the pre-deployment nerves! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One week till I return south! 🇦🇶

It's official! I'm headed back to the ice! I will return to McMurdo Antarctica for my third season as the station machinist in a little over 3 weeks! Stay tuned for updates and pics!

I frequently say that Antarctica has only two seasons: summer and winter. There is no spring or fall. Upon further reflection, this is true at the very Pole, but the northern coasts do experience a period where the sun rises and sets. These could be thought of as Antarctic "spring" and "fall"

Getting closer to #sunrise at the #southpole, with official sunrise still nearly three weeks away. Winterover Sim capturing a picture of the horizon behind the ceremonial South Pole with his rubber duck on top. #Antarctica

We're just out there finding Heroic-Era ships now huh

@cheatlines.co new display names just dropped

Tonight!!! Boulder, CO Science communication through the art of stand-up comedy I'll be talking about Antarctica

Boulder, Colorado! I'm doing a talk about Antarctica, but it's funny! Science Riot: Stand-up comedy as performed by scientists 5/31 Dairy Events Center Tickets still available. Get yours now! thedairy.org/event/scienc...

Needless to say, I'm back on my shit!

For the first time in thirteen years travelling with my goggles I got stopped by the TSA for a suspicious object. They actually called in the explosives expert 💩 "Because you have a battery and a switch" Like find me someone in this line who doesn't lol

With expanding enshittification, The smartest thing a smart TV can do is be a dumb computer monitor.

At 0120N, The Sun officially set at McMurdo for the first time since October 23

@cheatlines.co have a Misty View of the Ross Sea a few miles away from McMurdo

I built a LEGO model of Shackleton's Endurance in Antarctica, and recreated some of Hurley's historical photographs of the ship trapped in the pack ice. Model provided by Jay's Brick Blog jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-th... #antarctica #lego #afol

This has terrifying implications about the future of not just my program, but in our nation's scientific development in general. If I get sidelined over this, I will be despondent www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

Well, It's official. I'm not going to South Pole this winter. I'm devastated. I'm grateful for the two deployments that I have had, and will try again next season. But for now, back to CO for the off-season

Big tech is now formally in league with the far-right. The resistance to it will be personal and political iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-res...

Tourist season has begun. Encountered an excursion of passengers at Scott's Discovery hut last night. The beach was guarded by this Adelie Penguin

Kowalski, analysis! Four penguins roamed thru town today, causing a "traffic" jam. Lookin like they escaped from Madagascar

Docent, at a zoo: here we have the Ursus Arctos Me: ooh I know that one - bear of the Arctic. A Polar Bear! Docent: no, this is the brown bear. A polar bear is Ursus Maritimus. ...

Pour one out for a surreal one today

Weddell Seal snorkeling before a dive #Antarctica #Seal #wildlife #SeaPuppy #McMurdo

Those little black dots off in the distance are Emperor Penguins 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧

ADHDnD

All-vinyl Izzy's Metal Shop radio show last night Izzy's Vinyl Shop It was a blast to play

Happy First Night of Hanukkah from Antarctica!

Happy Holidays from the littermates of McMurdo Antarctica

Happy Solstice from McMurdo Station Antarctica!

It's a very special Monday here because next week has a two day weekend in the middle of it, we get to work for the next 8 days straight -_-

The flowers are blooming. This is a threat.

When it snows, do you find the words "we need the water" coming out of your mouth unbidden, like a person possessed? ❄️⁠ ⁠ Whether you're a Colorado local or you'll be in town visiting for the holidays, meet me at the Wizard's Chest next Monday! Visit ginnydi.com/RSVP for more info and to RSVP.⁠

@cheatlines.co Lowly Chapman

Just about time for my weekly radio show. This year I actually made a poster for it instead of "just" hand building a plaque from stainless steel, aluminum, and brass

@thesouthernocean.bsky.social of all the oceans, you're my favorite!

just over two weeks later and that number has more than quadrupled. Welcome new followers. This is me. Stuff I didn't mention in the previous post: I'm from Colorado, I tell stand-up comedy, and I have a dog named Tesla who's a good boy.

It's Crate Day in McMurdo. A lot of the Kiwis are partying hard, but I think it's a good day for me to take a social night off. I've been overextending myself a lot lately. I should have a quite night in

Hahahahaha! aw shit!

If you like to learn about Earth’s polar regions, there’s a starter pack for that! #Antarctica #Arctic #IceIceBaby #ClimateChange

Most people I know would walk outside and think that 32°F is cold. Most people wouldn't think of freezing as an alarmingly hot temperature. It's way to early in the summer for it to be this warm here

The #penguinpicoftheday #PPOTD today, rather than a literal picture of a penguin, is a bunch of emperor penguin tracks from the birds we tagged at Crozier in November. Most seem to be returning to the colony but the one named Harry headed for the hills, so to speak. 🧪🌍🦑🦉

Happy Antarctica day from Antarctica. It’s the Antarctic Treaty’s 65th birthday and I’m really glad it was born.