Okay, it is 10:12 PM here. You may say, "what does it matter when you have 24 hours of sunlight?" You have to put yourself on some kind of schedule! I wanted to stay up a little longer to get you to McMurdo. I know everyone is more excited about Antarctica than the C-17, so I'll get you there.

After a long, low, slow descent (I was paying close attention to what the plane was doing, it was really interesting) and some slight turns, there was a loud push from the jet engines as the wheels touched down and then a reverse thrust for a quick stop.

We were on the ice! In Antarctica!! White all around, mountains everywhere, and at the airstrip, lots of other planes. I had to take some photos of our plane. It was so incredible. I would have liked to see the cargo coming off! Ivan the Terra Bus was waiting to take us to McMurdo, to town.