Is it Chet Atkins outside? Or just windy and warm?

The last 2 days have seen winds known as the Katabatics. These winds are liquid forces to be joked about. 2 nights ago they started at 3am. I did not sleep until early this morning. All through the night they whistle, howl, then scream. Then more screaming. My tent makers also decided it would be a great idea to put subwoofers on the side of my tent. Some sort of foot wide vent on both sides reverberates in a fashion that resembles shooting a gun in a racquetball court. After I tried my hardest all night to hold my tent down and have it not blow away, the wind slowed down about the time I needed to catch a helicopter. In the Helo we went to the Wright valley, and were traveling 60 knots on the ground, but our wind speed was over 120 knots. After we had flown far enough and determined we could not fly any farther, we turned around and made it back to where we started in less than half the time.

We are now at Lake Hoare for a saturday night dance party on the beach. I forgot to mention that these katabatic winds come from the continent. You would think these winds would be cold. They are however extremely warm due to the friction encountered when wind is traveling at that high of a velocity. The streams are raging, and waterfalls...well falling off of glaciers. The temperature outside right now is around 9 degrees C, Or for those metric deficient that is about 50 degrees F. Hotter than most of the US. Suckers! It reminds me of Wyoming in the late spring or early fall where the winds are as constant as Pi, and warm as a fresh egg. This beach however is radiating enough warmth to run around and get a tan, or sunburn as antarctica is lacking in a thing called an ozone layer.

Also just got a call from some people staying at our camp tonight and said last night one of our tents blew away from the 12 steaks, and at least 30 rocks piled on and tied down to it. Joys of tent building...