We also had a group of German students up this week, doing research on the summit. They were from two universities --one in Berlin, and the other called the University Ruhr. They were a lot of fun to have around for the second half of our week, and I was sad to say goodbye. Fortunately, the weather was so bad the second half of their week that some of them stayed until the cat could make it up --when we came back up!
Left to right: Eva, Sebastian, Torban, Lisa, Nikola, Marcel (stayed several weeks!), and Peter in front. This is the group of German students who stuck it out on the mountain top, while the others hiked down a few days earlier.
All the cute little observers, taking a photo opp for some official reason... left to right: Brian Clark (my shift), Steve (the Brit from the other shift), Mike Carmen (a former intern, now the night observer on the other shift), Mike Finnegan (on my shift), and in front Stacey Kawecki (on the other shift), and Ryan Knapp (the night guy on my shift).
Another take of the observers' photo; left to right: Mike Carmen, Steve, Mike; in front: Stacey, Ryan, Brian.
The North Presis in the morning from the summit... I don't think I actually took this picture.
Undercast skies, looking northwest toward Mount Clay
Snowflakes on the floor of the A-Frame outside the obs deck door
Our snowman, Rimey, outside the A-Frame at sunset (minus his nose and pipe)
Sunset over the west end of the obs deck, with John Bauhs, our volunteer, in the tower
John flying in the turret of the tower
Cap clouds over the north presis at sunset
Clouds forming on the summit, looking to the west from the obs deck
Our heat vent, looking south
Rime spikes looking west toward the tower
Rime spikes against a patchy sky
Feathery rime formations on the obs deck railing
Rime feathers along the obs deck railing
Rime ice on the observation deck --unusually feathery in warm, calm weather
Looking north
A leafy pattern in the rime ice, on the side of our heat vent
Looking northwest on the deck
Up close
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