The match up has been postponed indefinitely. When questioned why he stopped 9 kilometers short of Drygalski, B-15 had no comment. Personally, I think he's yella. (Insert yellow snow joke here).

The iceberg stopped dead in its tracks about 5 days ago and has not moved since, unfortunately. The berg had stopped before the earthquake, but it definitely felt the surface waves (not the tsunami waves, those did not travel this far) that came from the quake. Seismometers in and around McMurdo picked up the quake and we also noticed some heightened volcano activity from Mt. Erebus. I do not know at this time what affect it had or will have on the berg.

On a brighter note, the Coast Guard icebreaker, Polar Star, ripped through 80 miles of ice in roughly 3 days. As I speak it is a hundred yards from McMurdo Station. It will now spend the next 2 weeks widening that 80 mile channel so that the supply ships can navigate into the base. A Russian icebreaker has been contracted to help the Polar Star widen the channel and it should be here in the coming week.

Very anticlimatic. I will keep everyone posted on any future movement of the berg.

On another note, in the wake of the recent horrifying aftermath of the earthquake, and as Karen and I are planning on being in Thailand in April/May anyways, we are considering volunteering to help clean up/rebuild in western Thailand. Does anyone know of any organizations that functions similar to the Red Cross that we could contact to get more information about volunteering? If you do, send me an email at mark@markgwilson.com. Thanks!