And the game begins!

Weather...the one thing you can guarantee is that the weather in Antarctica will fuck up your plans, once again I wish I could put money on this, but unfortunately the odds would be crap.

First rule of Antarctic research..It will happen when it happens..

Second rule of Antarctic research..It will happen when it happens.

McMurdo weather has been a pain in the ass over the last few days with the first group of DryVER personnel (Charlie, Ian, Georgia, Alejjandro, Fraser & Pierre) being bumped from flights, cancelled flights and boomerangs (Fly halfway there and then turn around and come home). Today the second team (Craig, Jayne, Ian, Paul, Marwan, Gemma, myself and Ben (our Natgeo producer/camera guy)) were put on hold for 4 hours and then the flight cancelled.

Which is a pain as the weather actually looks okay. As I write this, its  is a balmy -7 deg C with 11 kt NNE winds. For those who are interested, check out the Scott base weather station.

As of 1pm today from the Scott Base webcams

Ah the games we play.

Oh well gives me time to sort out a few camera based disasters I had yesterday and to finish a few blog posts!