Resupply Vessel

These are pictures of the American Tern... the resupply vessel that comes to town with the goods for the winter and following year. Most of McMurdo and South Pole stock comes to Antarctica via the "Vessel". Some goods are sent down on aircraft missions, but because of high cost of flights only high priority items are flown down. The ship is chock full of container... of frozen food, construction equipment and lots of other random things.

Vessel time equals long days and nights to get the containers of the ship and put away.... and the waste containers and stock leaving McMurdo loaded onto the ship. Bars are closed and alcohol isn't sold in the stores during thie time either. It's all about Vessel.