What do you know, I actually waited OVER a month between updates this time! Well I'll start out by saying happy pi day to everyone reading this. It's March 14th, and winter has definitely started to show itself here at McMurdo. The transition period between summer and winter crews on station has began to subside and the fresh faces are beginning to settle into their schedules and routines. The annual cargo vessels have unloaded and disembarked, heading back north with a years worth of garbage and old decommissioned equipment. On their return journeys back to Port Hueneme, California, they will make a few stops to unload the garbage and start staging for next years voyage. Life on station has been quieting down nicely. The vast majority of the summer employees have headed home, and we are down to a population of 348 as of writing this. There are a few more flights scheduled over the next few days to get the last of the summer folks off station before winter season officially ...