Spring has sprung!

Best thing about a bright sunny Antarctic day? Running outside in shorts and a pair of over sized Pampoenskoene (generally over sized since they belong to someone else and I borrowed/stole them cause  they were close and mine are all the way in the other link). 

The last two days have been pretty much perfect weather, almost no wind and super bright and sunny. So much like summer that you can actually stand outside and warm yourself in the sun, wearing just socks, a  hoodie and shorts. Making use of the perfect weather, Bango had his long awaited snowbath yesterday. Since the hole was dug maybe 30mins before the actual snowbath would commence, the diggers made use of the hole to sit and relax in while drinking a beer and making weird cowboy calls (yes, living with a bunch of dudes, that is what you put up with - it was hilarious though). 

Most of the team wanted to get outside after the long storm, so some of us started digging out the snow from the cabs of the Challengers and Dozers while others started working on a project to remove the dirty ice from under the base. Being outside in the sun felt great! 

I guess the amount of daylight we have now (around 15hrs) is just one of the many indications that the end of the year is fast approaching. Seems we have survived the winter. The thought of summer, takeover, and a bunch of strangers in our 'house' brings with it a feeling of nervous excitement. Well, with the amount of shaving our team does, the newbies will probably be more scared of us than we are of them!