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![putting a spin on it the causeway rotated into position](rotated2.jpg) 0520 on the 28th...the causeway has been rotated/moved into position. |
![where is the missing piece causeway assembly](p0092.jpg) A bit later in the day, the loose piece seen in the photo at left has been added to the assembly. |
![let's do this finished causeway](p13a2.jpg) By 0830 things are ready for... |
![when can we start this positioning things](p192.jpg) ...a bit more positioning... |
![anyone need bar ice moving things out of the way](p002.jpg) ...and moving a bit of ice out of the way. |
![let's get this evolution underway Ocean Giant ready to offload](p182.jpg) An at midday on the 29th, Ocean Giant had moved to the causeway to begin offload. |
![ready for offload ready for offload](p112.jpg) 1630 on the 29th.
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![we need truck drivers offload underway](p132.jpg) Morning of 1 February...things are moving. |
![open hatches unloading](p142.jpg) 1000 on 2 February...the hatches have been open for awhile...watch the vessel rise in the water. |
![hey it snowed last night unloading on 3 February](p13b2.jpg) 0800 on 3 February...offload continues after an overnight dusting of snow.. |
![above the red line unloading continues](4feb2.jpg) 1500 4 February...the vessel continues to get lighter. The next vessel Happy Delta is supposed to show up soon. |
![load em up backloading](26142.jpg) 1400 6 February...all the hatches are now closed. |
![containers on deck retrograde being loaded](26192.jpg) 1900...containers are being stacked on the deck and hatches. |
![I forgot what we put in the forward hold the forward hatch is open](27062.jpg) 0600 on the 7th...a forward hatch is briefly opened. |
![hatch closed hatch closed](27102.jpg) 1000...the hatch is closed... |
![stack em up more containers loaded](27132.jpg) ...so containers can be stacked on top of it. (1400) |
And Ocean Giant completed its mission and departed on 2/9 per this DVIDS article which details the offload; it arrived back at Lyttelton on the 14th. Next up, the Happy Delta which was to bring material from New Zealand for the rebuilding of Scott Base.
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![next up, Kiwi cargo Happy Delta](20915002.jpg) Here's Happy Delta on the afternoon of the 9th. |
![waiting for the next customer Polar Star](21109312.jpg) 0930 on the 11th, Polar Star is back at the pier waiting for Ocean Gladiator. |
The cruise ship National Geographic Endurance stopped by for a day on 13 February...not sure what the passengers did as they could not visit McMurdo Station due to COVID restrictions...but they would have been allowed to visit the Discovery Hut on Hut Point. Interestingly, after leaving Winter Quarters Bay the vessel headed for the Bay of Whales.
The final USAP supply ship Ocean Gladiator was scheduled to show up on 17 February after leaving Lyttelton on the 10th.
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![when are we going to dock? Ocean Gladiator](217082.jpg) And here it is, around 0800 on the 17th. |
![let's get this stuff off the boat docked at the causeway](217092.jpg) An hour later, Ocean Gladiator was docked at the pontoon causeway. |
![unloading underway Ocean Gladiator in sunlight](217122.jpg) A bit after noon, unloading is underway in full sunlight. |
![lift that box, tote that bale offload underway](218122.jpg) 24 hours later, unloading continues, again in sunlight. |
What's this...another cruise ship! This is the Heritage Adventurer which is doing a return Antarctic cruise out of Bluff. It actually passed by McMurdo briefly twice...this time (around 1800 Saturday 18 February) was for a medevac. A C-17 stayed overnight at McMurdo to pick up the patient.
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![when can we put those boxes on board and go home? offload continues](219122.jpg) Noon on the 19th...I'm thinking the offload is almost done, and that those containers still on shore will be backloaded. |
![what happened to that big yellow ball in the sky the scene after sunset](220022.jpg) 0200 on the 20th...primarily to note that this was the first time the sun has set since late October. |
![time to get rid of all that stuff backload is underway](220162.jpg) 1600 on the 20th. Backload is underway as the stash of containers close to the waterline is diminishing...but there is now another stash of containers away from the waterline at lower right. |
![what do we do next? all done with backload](221082.jpg) 0800 on Tuesday the 21st...backloading is obviously done as Ocean Gladiator has moved away from the pontoon pier. |
But there's more to come...including a surprise or two! Continue...
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