Looks like someone doesn’t mind a little frost on the face. And notice their sunglasses, which reflect the cargo brought by the first SPOT of the season. That load included the seven main cables for the Upgrade deployment. One of those cable spools is shown below being lifted off the trailer sled by a large crane. It was then set up last week at the second tower site. Lots of other activities were progressing well last week, too. The installation team completed acceptance testing on modules for the first three Upgrade strings—a reason to smile. The bottom image shows a group in front of their temporary housing. When busy seasons at the Pole result in high demand for bedspace, as is currently the case with the Upgrade population, these “hypertats,” as they’re called, are put to use for overfill housing.
