March 30, 2006

Funded by the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs

Location: Latitude 64° 09' S, Longitude 57° 01' W

Air Temperature: 5.3°C

Limericks by Tyler, Annie and Joel

"Ping Editing" by Tyler

Ping editing all night on the ship
Getting more seasick every dip
Such a finicky fuss
Makes all of us cuss
I can't stomach another blip.

"Mammal Watch" by Joel

Surging forward in the dark
A lone sentry ready to spot the mark
Of mysterious whales
And their giveaway tails
Swimming silently through their ocean park.

"The Joys of Drilling" by Annie

Stringing, tripping, stringing, tripping
Always praying the pipe is not slipping
The ice flows in
Gives the ship a spin
Meanwhile the bow thrusters are gripping.

"Drill Mud" by Annie

Down in the hole all the boys mix K mud
Slippery as hell, it washes out pipe crud
A little goes a long way
Attention they must pay
Too thick becomes too hard and the batch is a dud.

"Shift Change" by Joel

Into the dry lab we stumble
And our Good Morning's we mumble
As Pat relays the news
An update on the cruise
Our opposites confess to their bumbles.

"After Shift" by Annie

After the 12 hours of our day shift end
Grab a bite at mid rats, write an email, press send
Euchre or Poker
The Benny's the Joker
More than a habit, it's our nightly trend.

"Day Shift Drillers" by Tyler

Ron's the man with the tool
Julian 'n Neil play the fool
The day shift is great
Everyone's our mate
A pink shirt on Matt will be cool.

"Night Shift Drillers" by Tyler

Cornwall, a history writes Jango with pen
Native land to Shilo and Danny, true men
But the last is no fool
For he even taught school
Gummy has two teeth where there ought to be ten.

"Superstition" by Joel

It was not long ago
That Magellan's big toe
Bid us return
From our polar sojourn
And now homeward we must go.

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