Walkabout
3 comments MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA– (By Ron Hipschman) In this video I thought it might be interesting to give you a sense of McMurdo by taking you from our office in Crary Lab, where most of the polar scientists do their work, on a short journey outside to see where we’ll be webcasting from (weather permitting!)
Today we did our first test webcast just to try a new setup that we’ve never used before. While we have our traditional broadcast equipment, we’re trying to make ourselves more mobile by substituting a Mac laptop and video production software called WireCast for 350 pounds of electronics in two large racks. It is hoped that the smaller and lighter equipment will be faster to set up and easier to use in remote locations where we could not bring the bulkier racks.
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Walkabout II ?
Ron, we really enjoyed your little tour. Can we see more?
Living Quarters – Mess Hall – Game Room?
I know that you can’t possibly work ALL Day =)
Cynthia,
Believe it or not, we HAVE been working all day (or some definition of “all day” that does not understand that the sun is up 24 hours here…)
Yesterday we were up at our typical time to get breakfast before they close at 7:30 AM (!!!) and we worked until about midnight!
Still, I’ll see what we can do to give more of the general flavor of what it’s like here.
Ron
Thanks Cynthia for asking. I agree it would be fun to see!