The sonar points up, towards the ice/water interface in order to determine how/when/how fast ice moves up and new ice is added to the bottom.
Well, the good news is they fixed the internet. So it'll be working for a while, now. Also, no yetti attacks.
The bad news is that we had a hell of a day drilling. Our lake level hole was too close to shore, although I don't know how it could have been. So, after drilling three meters of ice, we hit the sandy bottom. Two drill blades were sacrificed (read: obliterated beyond recognition) in deciding that this was the bottom, and not just a sand pocket in the ice. After that we had to move to a new possition, which it looked like was going to be a loss until water sprang out at the last minute. So, a one hour job took all day. I was going to go hike around Fryxell basin for a bit, but now I don't know if I have the energy. Also, ice goblins have decided that this would be a great place to put lots of happy foot traps which cause one or your feet to suddenly be six inches below the other.
And our base radio is out of whack, so we only have the hand radios. That means that if we want to contact McMurdo (for our daily required check in, as an example) we get to walk up the hill and hold our hand helds really high and hope we get through. And the day started out so well....
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It's good that there hasn't been any yetti attacks. Too bad, though, that things went downhill so quickly. Hopefully things will be better tomorrow. I love you.
"in deciding that this was the bottom"
That's awesome. Love that line. The one about one foot suddenly being six inches below the other is funny too.
Hey, I guess we all have our good news/bad news days, it's just that yours are more to the extreme. Hopefully you will start having more good than bad news to report soon.....and watch out for those goofy goblins!
LY, Mom
Ha. Thanks for the well wishes. Only one hole left to drill on Fryxell, at least.
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