https://edelaquess.com/2019/10/23/boredom-then-astronauts/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20191023_0512191.jpgIMG_20191023_051219[1]2019-11-16T06:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2019/10/03/babys-first-off-season/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190824_155806.jpgIMG_20190824_155806Biking with friends :)https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190822_135159.jpgIMG_20190822_135159Hammocking by Lake Mendotahttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190726_184926_1.jpgIMG_20190726_184926_1https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190722_141308.jpgIMG_20190722_141308My housemate's cathttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190720_072720.jpgIMG_20190720_072720Camping outside Denver, late Julyhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190705_052849.jpgIMG_20190705_052849Hot air balloons over Cappadocia, central Turkey, early Julyhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190704_121720.jpgIMG_20190704_121720Underground city, central Turkey, early Julyhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190703_195709.jpgIMG_20190703_195709Cappadocia, central Turkey, early Julyhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190703_190956.jpgIMG_20190703_190956Wild apricots, central Turkey, early Julyhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_20190626_193019.jpgIMG_20190626_193019Bucharest street art, late June2019-10-05T14:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/about/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/lljpxsf3gbe-nick-turner.jpgPlaceholder Image2019-04-22T20:13:29+00:00weekly0.6https://edelaquess.com/contact/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/portfolio-7.jpgPlaceholder Image2019-04-22T20:10:27+00:00weekly0.6https://edelaquess.com/page/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc0571.jpg_DSC0571https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0081-e1495771304795.jpgIMG_0081https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_0964.jpgIMG_0964https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/photography-349870_19201.jpgPlaceholder Image2019-04-22T20:08:43+00:00weekly0.6https://edelaquess.com/2018/11/29/round-three/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181129_19534211.jpgIMG_20181129_195342[1]Ralph (mah boss) setting up our display at the McMurdo Museum. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181124_1912281.jpgIMG_20181124_191228[1]Thanksgiving in the Berg Field Center (BFC). https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181124_1112251.jpgIMG_20181124_111225[1]About to run/walk the 5k turkey trot. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181113_2122521.jpgIMG_20181113_212252[1]Skua continues to provide. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181111_1409361.jpgIMG_20181111_140936[1]Selling hats at the craft fair. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181103_2028581.jpgIMG_20181103_202858[1]Ready for the halloween partyhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181026_2023361.jpgIMG_20181026_202336[1]My room!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181022_1507231.jpgIMG_20181022_150723[1]Knitting on my commute to work. 2018-12-11T04:55:23+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/08/20/here-comes-the-sun/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6534.jpgDSC_6534This photo is not edited! The sky was really that red. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6576.jpgDSC_6576Phoenix airfield. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6597.jpgDSC_6597WELCOME BACK, SUN!!!!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6568.jpgDSC_6568I love the lunar landscape at the airfields. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6548.jpgDSC_6548Mount Discovery.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6514.jpgDSC_6514More nacreous clouds. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6501.jpgDSC_6501Nacreous clouds! Antarctica is the only place in the world you can see them. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/dsc_6466.jpgDSC_6466Another aurora. Just 'cause.2018-08-20T13:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/08/11/for-poppop/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_1803.jpgIMG_1803https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_4098.jpgIMG_4098https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/38667177_10155758004302215_2961438138808926208_o.jpg38667177_10155758004302215_2961438138808926208_ohttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/38712034_10155758007867215_5577644590162247680_o.jpg38712034_10155758007867215_5577644590162247680_o2018-08-14T02:25:55+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/07/23/light-cracks-the-sky/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6258.jpgDSC_6258https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6255.jpgDSC_6255Pre-sunrise from atop the Erebus Overlookhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6253.jpgDSC_6253Survival "apple" on the Castle Rock trailhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6234.jpgDSC_6234Castle Rock hikehttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6225.jpgDSC_6225Discovery Hut on a cloudy dayhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6212.jpgDSC_6212Milky Wayhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6202.jpgDSC_6202The Ice shelf looking towards Scott Basehttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6199.jpgDSC_6199Pre-sunrise in the middle of the afternoonhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6193.jpgDSC_6193Faint nacreous cloudshttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6174.jpgDSC_6174Milky Way and Aurora2018-08-05T02:52:00+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/07/17/science-and-art-under-the-sea/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/wes-ramsey.jpgwes ramseyEvan bravely let me paint his face. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/rbowru-1023.jpegrbowru-1023Playing music for Midwinter dinner with my boss, Victoria (photo: Dray Bowens Rubin)https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/merica-2990.jpg'Merica-2990My only breakdance move (photo: Steve Allinger)https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_0535.jpgDSC_0535I organized a five-person marching band for the 4th of July parade. 2018-07-18T12:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/07/17/life-inside-an-astronomy-documentary/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/antarctic-sky.jpgantarctic skyMy camera settings were wrong and the photo came out blurry, so I ran the photo through a Gimp enhancement setting just for giggles. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ant_5524.jpgANT_5524https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ant_5523.jpgANT_5523https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ant_5522.jpgANT_5522https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ant_5521.jpgANT_5521https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ant_5520.jpgANT_5520https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ant_5519.jpgANT_5519https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6145.jpgDSC_6145https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ant_5501.jpgANT_5501https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/dsc_6143.jpgDSC_61432018-07-17T08:06:56+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/06/25/more-midwinter-madness-and-monotony/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6143.jpgIMG_6143My friend Liz gave me a riibbon even though I was probably in tenth place :)https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6056.jpgIMG_6056Music!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0212.jpgIMG_0212Tired and SO not prepared to run a mile in frigid temperatures. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_0218.jpgIMG_0218Convinced I am about to die before the Midwinter Mile. 2018-07-02T21:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/06/25/midwinter/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6141-e1529884820347.jpgIMG_6141My friend Douggles had patches made for everyone.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6139.jpgIMG_6139My jellyfish.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6136.jpgIMG_6136I was very happy with my decorations at Gallagher's. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6116.jpgIMG_6116The waste barn made an orca whale for the galley.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6115.jpgIMG_6115Midwinter greetings from stations around the continent.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6112.jpgIMG_6112Amazing work by the wasties, as usual. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6110.jpgIMG_6110The Scott Base galley. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6107.jpgIMG_6107Frank, the Macops mascot, moved into my office.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_6104.jpgIMG_6104My office in pre-Midwinter chaos.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/midwinter-8502562.jpgMidwinter-8502562Looking skeptical at the Scott Base bar. (Photo by Steve Allinger)2018-06-25T01:33:49+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/06/15/midwinter-media-madness/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dsc_6069.jpgDSC_6069My cute friends made a human tetris.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dsc_6051.jpgDSC_6051Foosball gets intense at the waste barn arcade party.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/dsc_6030.jpgDSC_6030I made fabric covers for the soundproof panels in the radio studio.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pride-85023541.jpgPride!-8502354My suitemate Rachel and I at the Pride party. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_21581.jpgIMG_2158I learned how to make a latte and I am SO. PUMPED. about it. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/img_2158.jpgIMG_2158https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/pride-8502354.jpgPride!-85023542018-06-16T13:18:21+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/05/28/fat-tired-and-paid/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5926.jpgDSC_5926https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5911.jpgDSC_5911https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5908.jpgDSC_5908https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5868.jpgDSC_5868Artifcats inside Scott's Discovery hut. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_6021.jpgDSC_6021My food survey presentation I made for the science fair at Gallagher's. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5833.jpgDSC_5833This was taken at around 9 am, and it will be that dark all day. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5832.jpgDSC_5832Such a great sign!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5831.jpgDSC_5831Someone from the Berg Field Center made this amazing sign for the coffeehouse held in Southern Exposure, which serves as one of the bars in the summer. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5994.jpgDSC_5994Matt and Liz make sorbet using raspberry syrup and liquid nitrogen. 2018-05-29T05:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/05/10/the-lucky-frozen-few/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5784.jpgDSC_5784Aurora over Scott Base. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5783.jpgDSC_5783https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5809.jpgDSC_5809https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5808.jpgDSC_5808https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5806.jpgDSC_5806https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5805.jpgDSC_5805https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5792.jpgDSC_5792Looking over the Ross Ice Shelf towards Scott Base. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/dsc_5791.jpgDSC_5791The Milky Way with an aurora. 2018-05-10T22:05:48+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/04/28/gods-of-the-underworld/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/31281669_1964443576902193_1015836061303046144_n.jpg31281669_1964443576902193_1015836061303046144_nhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_6013.jpgIMG_6013Science and sunsets. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5646.jpgDSC_5646Another aurora!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5706.jpgDSC_5706the side of medical, at about 3:30 pm. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5683.jpgDSC_5683Antarctic lighthttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/last-sunset-ata-rrival-heights.jpglast sunset ata rrival heightsSee you on August 19, sun!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/last-sunset-at-arrival-heights.jpglast sunset at arrival heightswatching the last sunset at Arrival Heightshttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/elizabeth-delaquess-in-light-room.jpgelizabeth delaquess in light room2018-04-28T12:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/04/20/auroras-and-mono-and-glasses-oh-my/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/elizgumbi.jpgelizgumbihttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5645.jpgDSC_56452018-04-22T23:53:11+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/04/10/the-busiest-onliest-fiddler/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/elizandpete.jpgelizandpetehttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5988.jpgIMG_5988Doug and Steve on Ice Radio. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5979.jpgIMG_5979SCIENCE!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5973.jpgIMG_5973The IT and comms dept. taking photos.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5972.jpgIMG_5972NASA's satellite-monitoring dish is inside this radome. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5971.jpgIMG_5971Ray, one of the engineers at NASA's satelite monitoring station at McMurdo, talking about NASA's work here. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5969.jpgIMG_5969Yes, I have a fat tire bike for the winter. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5968.jpgIMG_5968My awesome little humidifier. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5966.jpgIMG_5966My room, with a UV lamp!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/img_5962.jpgIMG_5962Someone set up a giant Connect Four outside the galley. It ahs since been replaced by jenga.2018-04-10T23:04:43+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/04/10/night-photography/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5630.jpgDSC_5630Across the sea ice towards the Hut Point Ridge trail.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5627.jpgDSC_5627Across the sea ice towards Scott Base.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5621.jpgDSC_5621The moon and stars out at Phoenix airfield.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5609.jpgDSC_5609Mount Discovery.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5607.jpgDSC_5607https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5606.jpgDSC_5606The Transantarctic Mountains. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5596.jpgDSC_5596aaaaaand... glamour shot!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5567.jpgDSC_5567There's a faint red and green aurora to the left. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5566.jpgDSC_5566Starz.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/dsc_5565.jpgDSC_55652018-04-11T00:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/03/31/march-pictures/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5956.jpgIMG_5956We had a playreading at Gallagher's this weekend. It was awesome. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5952.jpgIMG_5952The sun setting over the sea ice. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5950.jpgIMG_5950My first time on a fat tire bike... and first time biking in Antarctica!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5942.jpgIMG_5942Volunteers sorting trash, recycling, and clothes at the skua sorting party. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5939.jpgIMG_5939Volcanic dust covers the snow. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5937.jpgIMG_5937Hut Point is so beautiful when the sun is setting. 2018-03-31T18:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/03/21/esotera-australis/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_6434.jpgIMG_6434Members of the New Zealand Defense Force perform a haka in the galley (photo by Mark Vogler).https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5927.jpgIMG_5927Beautiful sunset in mid-March. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/img_5917.jpgIMG_5917Scott Base, the Nw Zealand station two miles away. 2018-03-22T04:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/02/27/my-coat-my-keys-my-anchor/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5889.jpgIMG_5889*Crickets*https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5888.jpgIMG_5888Apparently this is a tradition here. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5886.jpgIMG_5886Folks on the last summer flight go through the gauntlet of well-wishers.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5883.jpgIMG_5883Pastafarian shrine in my old dorm. 2018-02-27T03:05:47+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/02/21/here-i-stay/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5873.jpgIMG_5873I made a calendar.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5872.jpgIMG_5872Sparky left me a guitar.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5871.jpgIMG_5871Rebecca left me a humidifier that changes color. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5858.jpgIMG_5858Adelie penguins molting at Hut Point.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5857.jpgIMG_5857https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5856.jpgIMG_5856https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5852.jpgIMG_5852Someone skua'd two jars of apple cider vinegar.2018-02-22T00:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/02/10/stop-penguin-time/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5800.jpgIMG_5800And also some sea ice. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5801.jpgIMG_5801https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5803.jpgIMG_5803https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5811.jpgIMG_5811https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5814.jpgIMG_5814https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5815.jpgIMG_5815https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5817.jpgIMG_5817https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5812.jpgIMG_5812https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5807.jpgIMG_58072018-02-10T08:15:46+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/02/04/part-of-me-2-the-winterover/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/photo-on-1-1-18-at-4-28-am.jpgPhoto on 1-1-18 at 4.28 AM2018-02-21T21:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/02/04/part-of-me/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5591.jpgIMG_5591Outside my ride to Black Island and RAID camp. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5577.jpgIMG_5577Black Island, where our HF receivers and Internet infrastructure are located. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5556.jpgIMG_5556First helo ride!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5625.jpgIMG_5625People lining up to go to the Waste Barn party. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5668.jpgIMG_5668A mummified seal outside Scott's Hut. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5663.jpgIMG_5663Food from Scott's Hut. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5657.jpgIMG_5657I can't remember what creatures these are. I believe they are dogs. This was inside Robert Scott's Discovery Hut. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5736.jpgIMG_5736Castle Rock. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5718.jpgIMG_5718Atop Castle Rock, on the Castle Rock Trail, about four miles from McMurdo. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5760.jpgIMG_57602018-02-04T03:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/02/04/vessels/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5761.jpgIMG_5761SPoT means South Pole Overland Traverse, meaning it's cargo or waste being hauled between McMurdo and South Pole Station. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5741.jpgIMG_5741Our first vessel: The Polar Starhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5742.jpgIMG_5742https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5752.jpgIMG_5752Milvans. For. Days. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5758.jpgIMG_5758One of the research vessels, the Lawrence M. Gouldhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5773.jpgIMG_5773The Ocean Giant. There's a lot more open water now that the Polar Star has broken up the ice. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5771.jpgIMG_5771The Ocean Giant. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5745.jpgIMG_5745Comms area in the Polar Starhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5746.jpgIMG_5746Comms equipment inside the Polar Star2018-02-04T01:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/02/04/who-skuas-wheat-thins/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5691.jpgIMG_5691Actual skua. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5774.jpgIMG_5774https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5778.jpgIMG_5778Shirts. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5777.jpgIMG_5777Shoes and discarded toiletries. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5776.jpgIMG_5776https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5775.jpgIMG_5775https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/img_5756.jpgIMG_5756The 201 skua box. 2018-02-04T15:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/01/17/institutionalized/2018-01-25T22:36:27+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/01/10/hot-and-cold/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5702.jpgIMG_5702It looks like a sponge, but it's a rock!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5701.jpgIMG_5701Little red post marking the trail. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5699.jpgIMG_5699Side of Ob Hill. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5698.jpgIMG_5698The sea ice is breaking up along the edges, which is normal this time of year. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5697.jpgIMG_5697I painted my free boots from Skua.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5696.jpgIMG_5696https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/photo-on-1-11-18-at-3-41-am.jpgPhoto on 1-11-18 at 3.41 AMMe on the Ob Hill Loop Trail. 2018-01-10T17:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/01/08/a-big-fish/2018-01-08T18:18:54+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/01/08/garbles-from-aligarh/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5655.jpgIMG_5655https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5536.jpgIMG_5536McMurdo's ham shack. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5537.jpgIMG_5537My friend Graylan in the ham shack. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5630.jpgIMG_5630Piper warms up before the HF broadcast.2018-01-08T12:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/01/08/icestock/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5682.jpgIMG_5682Post-gig happiness. Turning 26 in style. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5681.jpgIMG_5681The Monotones. Check out Ted's pepperoni pizza-printed onesie!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5679.jpgIMG_5679Chili cook-off!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5678.jpgIMG_5678:)https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5677.jpgIMG_5677Back of the bleachers.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5674.jpgIMG_5674Costumes abound.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5673.jpgIMG_5673The lineup. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5670.jpgIMG_5670The stage, ready to go. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/sam_3332.jpgSAM_3332Me and my friend Luke. Aren't we cute!?https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/20171230_215911.jpg20171230_215911Sugarfoot!!!!2018-01-08T12:19:56+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2018/01/08/helo-its-me/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5683.jpgIMG_5683https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5684.jpgIMG_5684Someone decorated my dorm door for y birthday!!!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5690.jpgIMG_5690Beautiful day at Hut Point!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5545.jpgIMG_5545Shuttle Bob, with a Shuttle Bob shirt at the holiday craft fair. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_5646.jpgIMG_5646At Sir Edmund Hilary's Discovery Hut at the nearby New Zealand station, Scott Base. Sir Ed may have sat in this chair!2018-01-12T21:46:46+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/17/dial-35-digits/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/photo-on-12-10-17-at-7-33-am.jpgPhoto on 12-10-17 at 7.33 AM2017-12-20T14:08:48+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/17/what-if-i-drown-michelle/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dscn0673.jpgDSCN0673Michelle descends...https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5496.jpgIMG_5496https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5495.jpgIMG_5495They're back!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5480.jpgIMG_5480What's going on down there!??!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5473.jpgIMG_5473Getting' readyhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5466.jpgIMG_5466Steve driving us to the dive hut. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5464.jpgIMG_5464Ready!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5458.jpgIMG_5458Michelle putting on said gearhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5452.jpgIMG_5452Dah gearhttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5451.jpgIMG_5451A pisten bully. Isn't it cute?!2017-12-17T20:51:08+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/10/the-craft-room/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5515.jpgIMG_5515https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5516.jpgIMG_5516https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5517.jpgIMG_5517https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5518.jpgIMG_5518So. much. fun. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5520.jpgIMG_5520Yay!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5532-e1512873556946.jpgIMG_55322017-12-11T16:07:12+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/09/free-fancy-drinks/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5527.jpgIMG_5527https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5529.jpgIMG_5529https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5530.jpgIMG_5530https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5531.jpgIMG_5531https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5534.jpgIMG_5534https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5303.jpgIMG_5303https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5306.jpgIMG_53062017-12-10T02:21:43+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/09/the-unofficial-unskilled-librarian/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5443.jpgIMG_5443https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5444.jpgIMG_5444https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5445.jpgIMG_5445https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5446.jpgIMG_5446https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5447.jpgIMG_5447https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5448.jpgIMG_5448https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5449.jpgIMG_54492017-12-09T02:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/04/i-can-finally-play-records-like-the-cool-kids-mcmurdo-media/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_54991.jpgIMG_5499Posters from past shows on the ceiling. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5500.jpgIMG_5500Heavily decorated studio wall. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5501.jpgIMG_5501CDs sent by AFRTS. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5502.jpgIMG_5502The record library. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5503.jpgIMG_5503Looking up records the old-fashioned way!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5505.jpgIMG_5505A record from AFRTS. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5407.jpgIMG_5407https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5507.jpgIMG_5507You can read some fun facts by David Letterman on air. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5299.jpgIMG_5299Star Trek on Channel 9 every day!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5508.jpgIMG_5508Using records = millennial win!2017-12-13T15:44:12+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/03/under-pressure/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5383.jpgIMG_5383https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5391.jpgIMG_5391Taking photos of seals.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5393.jpgIMG_5393https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5397.jpgIMG_5397Pressure ridges. 2017-12-09T20:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/03/freezer-to-table/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5309.jpgIMG_5309The view from the tophttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dsc_0163.jpgDSC_0163Having my photo taken with Bendi!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5311.jpgIMG_5311The warehousehttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dsc_0147.jpgDSC_0147Climbing on boxeshttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dsc_0144.jpgDSC_0144Stoked about the warehouse!2017-12-03T11:10:31+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/02/actual-yoga-with-deany-and-joolee/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5292.jpgIMG_52922017-12-02T16:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/12/02/rental-accordions-and-yoga-with-deany-the-mcmurdo-music-scene/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5290.jpgIMG_5290Band room. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5291.jpgIMG_5291Band room. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5369.jpgIMG_5369So happy to have this here!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/img_5379.jpgIMG_5379Not a great photo, but here's Sugarfoot playing at Gallagher's. 2017-12-03T17:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/30/fuel-cache-adventure/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5338.jpgIMG_5338Sea ice breaking up!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5346.jpgIMG_5346Flying over a glacier on the way back to McMurdo. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5331.jpgIMG_5331Our ride. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5332.jpgIMG_5332Fuel testing equipment and our gear. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5336.jpgIMG_5336Mount Erebus!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5342.jpgIMG_5342Becky and Ed testing fuel. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5344.jpgIMG_5344Fuel drums, marked with blue flags on bamboo poles. Only bamboo is strong enough to withstand Antarctica winds. 2017-11-30T11:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/30/dorm-sweet-dorm/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5438.jpgIMG_5438Bunkbeds! I have the top bunk. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5439.jpgIMG_5439Decorations. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5440.jpgIMG_5440Our desk, covered in all my clutter, plus our sweet vintage telephone!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5441.jpgIMG_5441Thick wool blanket over the window to keep the midnight sun out. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5442.jpgIMG_5442I made some crude but effective beanbag chairs. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5429.jpgIMG_5429Dorm 201. The little brown building next door is a smoking shelter. Since we're on federal property, you can only smoke in designated areas. 2017-11-30T10:40:11+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/29/antarctic-light/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5285.jpgIMG_5285Sunset over the mountains. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5286.jpgIMG_5286There it goes! (one last time)2017-11-29T13:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/29/crary-lab/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5267.jpgIMG_5267A crystal from Mt. Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano, which is about 20 miles from McMurdo.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5268.jpgIMG_5268Scientists who are working on the underwater robot. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5281.jpgIMG_5281Trying out the underwater drawing materials after the Sunday night science lecture. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5270.jpgIMG_5270Science!!!!!!!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5278.jpgIMG_5278An underwater robot under construction in the basement of Crary. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5277.jpgIMG_5277Holding a "sea lemon" in the touch tank.2017-11-29T13:00:51+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/27/ordinary-amazing-and-special/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5293.jpgIMG_5293People hanging out outside the big gym on Halloween. Note the broad daylight at 10:30 pm. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5301.jpgIMG_5301"Derelict Junction," what may be the world's southernmost bus stop. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5303.jpgIMG_5303The coffeehouse, with fat tire bikes outside. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5318.jpgIMG_5318The sea ice from the Hut Point Ridge Trail. The tiny building to the right is a fish hut. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5410.jpgIMG_5410My favorite mug to use at work. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5432.jpgIMG_5432The coffeehouse, building 165, Hut 10, and the Chapel of the Snows. The building with the giant white radome on top is building 165, where I work. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5434.jpgIMG_5434Building 155. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5437.jpgIMG_5437Some folks being transported to one of the airfields near the station.2017-11-27T10:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/27/the-ob-tube/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5353.jpgIMG_5353My roommate Gina climbing into the tube. The orange and blue huts in the background are "fish huts" used for diving expeditions. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5357.jpgIMG_5357Gina descending into the tube...https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5360.jpgIMG_5360The sea ice viewed from below. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5361.jpgIMG_5361I did some recording in the tube. 2017-11-27T09:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/26/sticker-shock/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_1184.jpgIMG_1184https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_1185.jpgIMG_11852017-11-27T02:25:11+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/23/where-am-i/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5221.jpgIMG_52217 am or so, lining up outside the CDC with our passports and gear.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5222.jpgIMG_5222At the CDC, waiting to board the bus that will take us to the airport.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5226.jpgIMG_5226The Air Force provided bagged lunches. It was awesome. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5228.jpgIMG_5228Stoked about leaving, and having the most leg room I have ever had on a flight!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5233.jpgIMG_5233Inside the C-17 Globemaster.https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5234.jpgIMG_5234We are here!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/slide1.jpgSlide1https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mcmurdo-i-am-here1.pngmcmurdo i am herehttps://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/mcmurdo-i-am-here.pngmcmurdo i am here2017-11-23T13:14:51+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/23/my-work/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/photo-on-11-17-17-at-3-41-am.jpgPhoto on 11-17-17 at 3.41 AM2017-11-23T13:00:55+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/11/23/christchurch-nz-aka-im-finally-writing-something-in-my-blog/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5191.jpgIMG_5191Flowers in the botanic gardens. It was so strange to see flowers blooming and feel spring rainstorms in October!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5185.jpgIMG_5185185 chairs memorial for the folks who died in the Canterbury earthquakes of 2011. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5170.jpgIMG_5170Trying on my ECW (Extreme Cold Weather) gear at the CDC (Clothing Distribution Center. Yes, there are a lot of new acronyms to learn!https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5187.jpgIMG_5187Maori art at the Canterbury Museum. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5209.jpgIMG_5209Christchurch has a lot of street art, much of it springing up on ruined buildings after the earthquake. https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/img_5193.jpgIMG_5193The River Avon. 2017-11-23T12:17:18+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/2017/07/01/blog-posts-will-appear-here/2017-10-01T01:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/blog/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/19577441_10154734254132215_6695895716231299755_o.jpg19577441_10154734254132215_6695895716231299755_o2017-07-01T18:17:24+00:00weekly0.6https://edelaquess.com/testimonial/a-big-fan-of-yours-2/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/apple-iphone-books-desk.jpgPlaceholder Image2017-05-15T21:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.com/testimonial/a-big-fan-of-yours/https://edelaquess.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/eruc3psrzhy-jamie-street.jpgPlaceholder Image2017-05-15T21:46:06+00:00monthlyhttps://edelaquess.comdaily1.02019-11-16T06:19:26+00:00