Prevailing Winds

Hey February, 'sup.  You brought a good couple blankets of snow, and then blew it all around like crazy.  I feel bad for the people working to offload the resupply boat, but in addition to being pretty and wild, the weather is also swiftly removing the sea ice -- to the tune of scores of square miles a day.  There is open water in front of town.    I saw the telltale spurt of water from a whale blowing his nose.  Aaaaaaand an adorable camouflaged penguin.

Balletic coordination of vessel ops from above

Can you see him?

This molting fellow was a little bonus following a triumphant dodgeball battle.  To be clear, my inferior ball handling wasn't what put us on top, but I did run sufficiently swiftly to grab a ball at the start a couple times, and I had a rather intimidating mark on my belly that we flashed at the opposing team.  I was (and still am, thanks Sharpee) the sixth character spelling out "CARGO!?"* 
*I was playing with some Cargo guys.

Because of the resupply vessel, we had to forego brunch this weekend.  Luckily, in my moment of need, months-overdue package mail arrived, so I supplemented the day-old bread and month-old fridge-tasting butter in my room with fancy chocolate, dried figs and apricots, almond butter, and my roommate's divine coffee.  But next week, the stars should align and there will be baked brie AND maple syrup on my pancakes, and they will have to hunt me down to get me to leave this wonderful place.