I'm assuming the Ken Borek Air photo from Willy Field came from Wikipedia? If so I snapped that one back in 2008/2009. Also to answer shockracer's question. A lot of the clips in this video are from Black Island, which is a short distance from McMurdo Station. Black island has satellite uplinks to the US for phone and Internet via the NASA NPOESS system. We had 20Mb Internet in 2008/2009 so it was 1000 people sharing the Internet that you could get in the US for $50
Going for my orentation Oct 11th and then to McMurdo. I'm jazzed to be heading down. I'm not looking at this as a job but as you said an adventure. See you there
I'm assuming the Ken Borek Air photo from Willy Field came from Wikipedia? If so I snapped that one back in 2008/2009. Also to answer shockracer's question. A lot of the clips in this video are from Black Island, which is a short distance from McMurdo Station. Black island has satellite uplinks to the US for phone and Internet via the NASA NPOESS system. We had 20Mb Internet in 2008/2009 so it was 1000 people sharing the Internet that you could get in the US for $50
york2600 1 year ago
Going for my orentation Oct 11th and then to McMurdo. I'm jazzed to be heading down. I'm not looking at this as a job but as you said an adventure. See you there
stnichols100 1 year ago
YES! as is with most any where live Palmyra Atoll. (1000 due South of HI)
MEMmaker3 1 year ago
so if stationed there, do you get phone access, internet (high speed), and other thing to talk to the family back home?
shockracer 1 year ago