A warm day and clear sky last Monday started off a week of melt. Anderson Creek, next to camp, has been flowing continuously for the past week. The waterfalls off the glacier have begun to flow intermittently, and the lake mote has begun to melt out. All this means it summer time in the Dry Valleys. I also celebrated my birthday last week. It was a mellow day with nice surprises including fresh scones for breakfast, birthday emails in the inbox, puttanesca pasta for dinner followed by a chocolate cake. I was not up for much celebrating past that as I felt really tired. It turned out that I had come down with the Southern Victorialand Sleeping Sickness (unoffical name). This entails 3 days of sleeping, accompanied by headache. There is not much fighting the sleep, besides making a journey to the hut twice a day to replenish food and water supplies. Feeling better now, almost back up to full energy levels. Made a trip down Canada Glacier today, sampled some cryoconite holes and retir...