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Makey
1960
Journal
mistake and pains with some reality.
Nov. 20 Getting Cape Hallett, Antarctica.
There was a trip to the snow petals
projected for the morning but no one
else was up at 8:47 when Samuel at
the Bio Lab so I went to work +
skeletonized, or rather finished skeletonizing
the emperor penguin killed a while back.
The camp was thrown off kilter by
an incident occurring last night. At
10 P.M. the show was interrupted by
an announcement that a plane, the
famous last plane, was arriving at
11:30. There was mad packing +
scrambling as there are 8 people
here waiting for the last plane. All
were packed & we saw them off for the
airstrip at 10:30 or so. Several of us
then retired to the mess hall where
a few minutes later, communications
announced that the plane had
turned back. Much disgust. I went to
bed, John Baron went out to get
the group. They returned by 12:30,
had a meal & showed movies until
4:30 A.M. so the camp was
not a quiet till 5 A.M.
I made a round of the pantry