Now it's too hot

The weather certainly can change fast around here. Wasn't it just a few weeks ago that I was explaining (or complaining) about how cold it was, like the kind of cold that freezes the insides of your nostrils? The kind of cold that makes your eyes water and freezes the tears to your cheeks? I'm back in McMurdo now. We moved from mud season to flood season. The forecast high for today is +4C (which is about 39F). So for those of you who worry about me being cold in Antarctica, you can stop now. Don't forget that we have 24 hours of sunlight here too, so it really feels like summer. That will change, but for now it's nice. With all of this warm weather, it makes things logistically challenging because at this time of year all of the people and supplies come in on planes, and planes land on the sea ice runway and last year there was flooding on the ice runway and the roads on the sea-ice were a mess. I'll keep you posted on that. Here is a picture of the airfield today. There are a few planes (ski equiped LC-130's) parked there for the moment. They are probably waiting to fly to South Pole later today.
The station had an eerie look with ground fog from the evaporation of water from the roads and condensation in the air at noon today. I decided to take a look around because it was so nice. You can see Nik's white golf ball in this picture. That's the home of the antenna they use to track the polar orbiting scientific satellites. You can also see some of the large fuel storage tanks.
There has been significant stream flow now that it is warmer and that means erosion. The streams flow where they want to, frequently right through the station. The road out to Hut Point is not in danger of washing out any time soon, but I would advise you not to stand too close to the edge. This kind of thing happens every year. There are also ponds and pools of water in the low spots. They are constantly moving soil around here to grade the roads, improve drainage, fill the holes and so on.