This is all of us at the beginning of the 2-day survival course. Mount Discovery is in the background. The first day of our survival course, the weather was exceptionally clear, allowing us a beautiful view of Mount Erebus. This is an aerial view of Mount Erebus, an active volcano visible from McMurdo Station that is 14,450 feet high. Here's one of Laurie in full ECW gear at the survival site.
Mt. Discovery is in the background.
Here's a picture of a pack just sitting out in the middle of nowhere. Here we are setting up a Scott tent. This is where Mike and Jen and I slept. This is Jen looking through the picture window we put in our snow-block wall. We placed the wall such that it blocked the southern wind and made it long enough to shelter two mountaineering tents.