This weekend saw the first decent snow fall blanket the Station, since I arrived here.
Over Friday evening snow started to fall and by Saturday morning there was a lovely white cloak over everything perhaps 20 cm deep. The sight of such dry fluffy snow inspired those of us at breakfast to dream of skiing, snowboarding, getting stuck in tree wells, powder runs, and kicked off lengthy discussions of our favourite ski hills...
Meanwhile outside the flakes got bigger, and in the still air they just piled on up, deeper and deeper. By smoko we figured we had about 40cm snow depth, and by the evening it was getting close to a metre deep in places.
Then today, as quickly as it all accumulated, it disappeared. Winds from the east over 45 kts and gusting up to 60 kts blew up in the afternoon today on account of a nearby weather system, trapping us in a giant life sized snowdome! Station travel conditions moved to 'Yellow' for caution on account of the wind and no visability. By the evening though, the winds died out as quickly as they had appeared, once again exposing the ice and rock around station. Our roads are once again clear, and in just a few hours all of the snow has been blown away.
A lovely reminder of how dynamic the weather and environment is down here, and I think, just a taste of what is in store for us this winter.
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| Entrance to the Red Shed. Photo: Jacque Comery |
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| Site services slowly getting buried. Photo: Jacque Comery |
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| The Haggs all plugged in on the "Go Line". Photo: Jacque Comery |
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| Creative driving. Photo: Jacque Comery |
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| Snow settling on the new sea ice. Photo: Jacque Comery |
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| Blue Hagg floats over the snow, returning with the crew from Wilkins Aerodrome. Photo: Jacque Comery |
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| Snow. Photo: Jacque Comery |
