John was scheduled to be picked up at 3:15 AM for his flight to McMurdo, but his departure has been delayed a day - his speculation is because of fog. The flight is between 5 and 6 hours (approximately 2,500 miles), and obviously there are few alternative landing places on the destination side.
Hopefully this will give him an opportunity to explore Christchurch a bit, which is supposed to be very charming, despite earthquake damage suffered in recent years.
His internet access is limited, but I'm hoping when he finally lands at McMurdo he can send some pictures. Actually I'm just hoping he takes some pictures.
Update: as of yesterday (Tuesday in the US), John was still cooling his heels in Christchurch, waiting for the weather to improve enough to fly out.
Update2 - Wednesday evening: just got an email from John that says they are still waiting on the weather in Christchurch.
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