{"id":5968,"date":"2012-11-23T16:21:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T20:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2012-11-23T16:21:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-23T20:21:45","slug":"arrival-of-steve-everyone-else-had-already-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5968","title":{"rendered":"Arrival (of Steve&#8230;everyone else had already arrived)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perfectly on schedule (somehow), my flight to the ice took place yesterday. I&#8217;m back! (And no longer feeling a little left out, as the last to arrive.)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll see if maybe Tristan wants to continue making posts. More photos are better.<\/p>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 27717602@N03 - Photoset ID - 72157632083819958 - Gallery ID -  - Group ID -  - Tags -  - Popular -  - Per Page - 100 - Sort Order - flickr - Photo Size - _m - Custom Size - 0 - Square - false - Captions - on - Description - on - Columns - 3 - Credit Note - off - Background Color - Transparent - Width - auto - Pagination - on - Slideshow - flickr - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-36' id='afg-36' style='background-color:Transparent; width:100%; color:; border-color:Transparent;'><div class='afg-table' style='width:100%'><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212125050' title='C-17'><img class='afg-img' title='C-17' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8065\/8212125050_ccf60ac633_m.jpg' alt='C-17 \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212125050\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>C-17 <\/div><div class='afg-description'>A name that is meant to be sung to the tune of &quot;Sweet Caroline&quot;<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212125788' title='Serious rigging'><img class='afg-img' title='Serious rigging' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8069\/8212125788_ac36e73795_m.jpg' alt='Serious rigging \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212125788\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Serious rigging <\/div><div class='afg-description'>For a big sled. WISSARD folks say its part of their drilling rig<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212126322' title='Ice and wing'><img class='afg-img' title='Ice and wing' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8201\/8212126322_841c791b7a_m.jpg' alt='Ice and wing \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212126322\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Ice and wing <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Semi-compulsory shot, taken through one of the plane's very few windows<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212126834' title='More ice'><img class='afg-img' title='More ice' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8201\/8212126834_df41088a50_m.jpg' alt='More ice \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212126834\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>More ice <\/div><div class='afg-description'>With a little bit of land this time!<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212127444' title='Ivan the Terra Bus'><img class='afg-img' title='Ivan the Terra Bus' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8340\/8212127444_1d14aeb516_m.jpg' alt='Ivan the Terra Bus \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8212127444\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Ivan the Terra Bus <\/div><div class='afg-description'>!!!!<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery End -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8340\/8212127444_1d14aeb516_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" alt=\"Ivan the Terra Bus\" title=\"Ivan the Terra Bus\"> Perfectly on schedule (somehow), my flight to the ice took place yesterday. 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