I got to go to Black Island this week. It is the main off continent satellite link location. It is run all summer by two people, Tony and Karen. They get visitors throughout summer but for the majority of the time it is just the two of them out there. Black Island can get hurricane force winds very regularly. It has no wind protection and is an extremely harsh place to live.
We went out to help setup all their computer equipment and fix McMurdo’s TV service. We had to move the dish to a new satellite and setup the receiver.
Here are some photos from around the Island.
Here are some photos from the flight back to McMurdo featuring Mount Erebus and the Pegasus crash site.
