14.2.18 Update:
Our flight was postponed, and we might be some more people from Neumayer on the feeder flight since of the 28 British people, who were supposed to fly with us on the Boeing, only 14 could be brought from their base Halley to Novo and the weather conditions at Halley are getting worse… They might end up going home with Polarstern, which is still in the area of the Weddell Sea. From Capetown we won’t fly before Monday, so maybe home on Tuesday. Happy Valentine’s Day!
13.2.18 Leaving on a Jet Plane…
The Canadian Twin Otter that is supposed to fly us to Novo
It seems as if it ends like it began: blizzard again! Yesterday we had hurricane-force gusts. The old winterers and a large part of the summer people left us last Sunday, and now it is time for us to leave. If/when the weather improves, the little Twin Otter will bring us to Novo, and from there, according to the present plan, the nice Boeing will bring us to Capetown. However, so far there was no single plan that was not changed, so we will see…
Well, you have heard about this one before….
Today we are packing and finishing the last work-related things. We will have one night in Capetown and then fly home. I will post a last blog entry “Polar research – yesterday and today” when I am back at home. This might take a while, though. Right now, we can just hope that the weather will be ok for flying and that everything goes well.
And then hopefully this one will bring us to Frankfurt, from where I take the Tyrolean Dash-8 home.