Still catching up

So after going to Scott’s hut on Sun, which was a week ago, wow I’m really behind, I climbed the hill that was right next to it so I could take some pictures. The view was great, the scenery around Mac town is so beautiful. Really pretty mountains, some close by some in the distance.
After dinner, I hung around in the galley because there was going to be a science lecture that night. In McMurdo they have a science lecture every Sunday night. It’s a great time for the scientists and grantees to share with us what they are studying and the things they have discovered down here. That night it was the people from Planet Earth. They are down here filming for their next series which will be called Frozen Planet. It will be a series on the poles. They have already finished filming in the Arctic, so now they are down here for the summer. It was so amazing to see some of the footage that they have shot so far. It was neat to see stuff that will not be seen by the public until 2011. The guy who did the presentation was the guy from the caves episode, he was the one that got covered in bat poop. I got a chance to talk to him after the presentation was over, I guess their crew will be coming down to the pole the week between Christmas and New Year’s, although they are just going to be filming human interest stories(since we have no wildlife down here) for the episode that will be called People in the Poles. I guess the guy who narrates the show will be coming down for a few days as well so I might get to meet him as well. It was really neat to see something like that in the making.