Travel and Unloading the Gear

Posting written by Charlie:

The ride from Maryland to Dutch Harbor was something of a long one, especially from Minneapolis to Anchorage, however each of the three flights was smooth and there were no problems. There were a few spots where the clouds decided to part for amazing views of the mountains and even a few glaciers. While I had a window seat, I was right in the middle of the wing so my view was a bit confined to what I could see over the engine and behind the wing. Anchorage was a very beautiful city to be in and the weather was wonderful, being around 60 or so degrees.

[Here is a picture of the Healy, docked in Dutch Harbor.] I am now moved on board the Healy and have started moving all of our research gear out of the holds and up to our benches. The holds are very crammed with everyone's gear and ours just happens to be in the very back of the mass, necessitating a climb over the other gear to get to ours. Eventually, after swinging around on the ceiling supports to get what I needed, we set up most of our gear and took a small break. It's cold enough here to make your breath fog up but when you get to moving on here, you can work up a sweat very easily. Anyway, we sail out of Dutch Harbor tomorrow and the adventures should begin then. Keep checking in on here, as I'm sure that when things start happening, there'll be more interesting things to speak about. Have a good evening and thanks for reading.