Hello everyone! As promised, I am following up on my previous post with some information and insight into the living arrangements and dad-to-day life here at McMurdo. You know, all of that stuff that is the most mundane part of any of our lives, like sleeping, eating , and doing laundry. I will do my best to describe the locations and layout of all of these things in writing, however I will include some photos and maps of the station to hopefully help me fill in some of the blanks of my descriptions. My goal with this post is to do my best to give an ample written description, particularly because I know my grandfather has been reading these! So, first off I will start with a description of the station as a whole. McMurdo Research station is positioned on Ross Island just off the coast of the mainland of Antarctica at a latitude of 77°49' S, putting it well south of the Antarctic circle, and about 850 miles away from the geographic south pole. It is surrounded by the Ross Se...
