I am now PQ'd and ticketed for my flights down to the South Pole! I will be leaving Denver next Friday November 5th. This leaves me exactly one week in Denver to see friends family and get some climbing, hiking and even skiing in!
What a turn around from hot and flat to cold and mountainous to cold and flat.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
Physical Qualification: Ongoing
Things are getting down to the wire. In two more weeks I should be standing at the South Pole again ready to start drilling the last seven holes for the Ice Cube project. I am super excited to get down there and be taking part in such an incredible project.
Right now I am finishing up working a nuclear power plant outage in Florida and getting my physical qualification's in order. I missed needing to have blood work done, so this week I scrambled around to find a doctor that was open when I got off work to have blood drawn. After a handful of calls I was recommended to call the urgent care center down here in Homestead, FL. Sure enough they were open until 8 P.M. Last night I went straight there after work and had blood drawn and sent to the lab. They should have the results faxed to the medical folks tomorrow.
After they PQ me they can book flights and hotels for me letting me know when I need to be in Denver by!
Right now I am finishing up working a nuclear power plant outage in Florida and getting my physical qualification's in order. I missed needing to have blood work done, so this week I scrambled around to find a doctor that was open when I got off work to have blood drawn. After a handful of calls I was recommended to call the urgent care center down here in Homestead, FL. Sure enough they were open until 8 P.M. Last night I went straight there after work and had blood drawn and sent to the lab. They should have the results faxed to the medical folks tomorrow.
After they PQ me they can book flights and hotels for me letting me know when I need to be in Denver by!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Paperwork!
So it is official I am headed back down to the South Pole Station this season to work for the University of Wisconsin as a driller. I will be working on drilling the final seven holes of the Ice Cube neutrino telescope. But for now I have been busy getting all the paperwork filled out and sent in to the right people. I am also waiting to hear back from Raytheon as to whether or not I P.Q.'d. I can' t imagine not qualifying but until you have the confirmation it is up in the air.
P.Q.'ing or getting physically qualified means going to see a doctor and dentist to make make sure that you are healthy enough to live and work at the South Pole. That has been a slight adventure since I am living in Miami while working a nuclear power outage down here.
P.Q.'ing or getting physically qualified means going to see a doctor and dentist to make make sure that you are healthy enough to live and work at the South Pole. That has been a slight adventure since I am living in Miami while working a nuclear power outage down here.
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