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[DaveDivided]

Greetings,

I am writing from home in Colorado, at 9.2k ASL. I will be going to the Southern Ice for the first time this year. I have been to the far North, and have lived and worked in some places that others think extreme. From REALLY cold to down right Dank. I just call it work. I am looking forward to the experience. I hope that my work schedule will allow me some time to do a little bit of exploration.

DaveDivided

[Zak]

Awesome where are you going and what are you doing? I'm going to mcmurdo this summer season
-Zak

[DaveDivided]

Zak,

I will also be at McMurdo, doing construction.

[Paul Ward]

Hi Dave and welcome.

There are people around here with lots of experience, so please ask away of anything you need to know. How long will you down for? Are you building anything in particular or is it ongoing?

[DaveDivided]

Hello,

The main project that I am to be working is a new thaw box for the foodies. Also several demo and asbestos abatement projects. The old com building is coming down that may be the main site that you will recognize. Then a lot of on going stuff. Time/budget/schedule depending.

I appreciate the background I am getting from the forum already. I will likely be after more when I have the time.

Dave

[Alan]

Ah. I've seen something about a thaw box, and we certainly have enough asbestos around here. But the Com building? Do you mean the old transmitter building at T-site? I don't think that is being used any more, but Comms/Weather/Mac Ops - despite numerous problems - is still operating and still being upgraded.

BTW, are you a Carp? (Commonwealth: Chippy)

[DaveDivided]

Yes it is the old T Building. I need to get my arms around the bldg numbers.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by DaveDivided

Yes it is the old T Building. I need to get my arms around the bldg numbers.

No worries. Between the building numbers and the vehicle numbers, confusion reigns and conversations can get very interesting. Just make SURE you're at the right building before you begin to actually tear it down.

Scratch that. Tear down anything you like. Pretty much everything should have been replaced twenty years ago anyhow.

[DaveDivided]

Yup..There are some pretty tired buildings in town. I have been studying photos of some other buildings to be taken down. I probably shouldn't be saying too much about them in case plans change. There has been some funding allowed for added demo this summer though. None of the sites are at present occupied. I hope I can help to beautify the place a little more. Though there is a lot of history in the town some of it locked into the somewhat temporary nature of the structures, there is also a certain disrespect that I see in leaving some of the stuff standing? Not having been there I am certainly not the one to be the judge but having been to other frontierish outposts around the world, also developed during the heights of the cold war, form deffinitely followed a decade or 5 after function! Let's all hope that there is a medium struck somewhere between advance base camp in Nepal and say...Aspen. Just kidding!

DB

[DaveDivided]

Sorry I Missed your last question i.e. Chipppy? Fraid I haven't heard that.