Weather summary: A calm sunny day greeted us this morning. The skies stayed clear all day, with the mercury above zero most of the day. The southerly kicked in at about 18:30 and in true katabatic form it is slowly generating speed.
Today's activities:
The radio was in full noise waiting for a call from the French regarding their impending arrival. There was no contact all day, so we will continue to monitor the air waves in anticipation.
With such great weather Brett decided today was the day to paint the Granholm hut. While Brett was plying his artistic talent Peter Morse roamed the moraine taking panoramic shots and stereo time lapse videography. Back at the Sorensen Jon and I were fitting the guy wires to the extension. At 13:00 we all headed over to Mawson's Hut for some sponsorship photos. As we crested the hill looking down into the hut valley we glanced over towards the Granholm, quite surprised to see the old field hut blending nicely into the landscape. If Brett ever wants to change career paths he could get some work with the army painting camouflage on their machines.
We all huddled for photographs around the hut and inside, parading in our Kordia and Jaeger shirts.
After lunch Steve and Michelle finished setting up the logger net system and removed the final tiny tag from the north side of the building. Meanwhile Tony scanned the Mawson Hut valley with the metal detector looking for any remains of the air tractor, completing about one third of the intended survey area, as yet there is no sign of it.
Tomorrow we will again keep our eyes and ears open for helicopters on the horizon. In the interim everyone will be finalising the last few days of their work programs.
Warm wishes from the MHF team
Peter McCabe Field Leader
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