My Fleet!

 In the afternoon, I took a drive around to see some of the construction vehicles. The fleet is under my responsibility as well, so I’m getting to learn what all these big vehicles do. I’ll get an up close tour where I can climb on these vehicles when it’s not blustery out.

Glad I’m inside a van like this as I do the tour. It was very windy and cold!


We visited an area where some of the construction vehicles are kept. It’s amazing that these vehicles can work in this weather. Here’s some snow plows.


I got a chuckle from the name of this vehicle “Darth Grader”.



This is the VMF Vehicle Maintenance Facility where all the fleet is worked on. I’m anxious to get this tour. These folks work so hard to get these old vehicles working. Just so impressed with how much work they have and what they get done under these conditions.



We are in the midst of building new dorms and a main building. Lots of heavy construction fleet, such as cranes are scattered about.


This is a rock crusher. It creates the rocks used for things like foundations for the new buildings and fines for the top of the ice pier.


I am excited to get to play on these tractors. Some of which drive the fuel bladders to South Pole on the traverse that’s done three times a season. (More in that in another post!)


Saw the NASA satellite dish as we drove around. This is a color photo. It’s so blustery, it looks like a black and white photo. 

There are several vehicles that aren’t used as often, so they can get covered quickly.


Looking forward to showing off the fleet on my full tour.

Comments

  1. Carrie MuellerSeptember 24, 2022 at 5:29 PM

    This is incredible - I love all the updates. How does this fleet get there, by plane just like you?

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  2. Mae TravelsSeptember 25, 2022 at 12:47 PM

    Fascinating. I bet you didn’t have time to watch the Queen’s funeral on TV which my blogger friends on almost all the other continents did last monday! If you did, I think that makes ALL the continents. I know bloggers in Europe, Asia, South Africa, and of course here.

    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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