Work here proceeds by leaps and bounds! Our newly arrived crane was put to work lifting the rig onto the platform, the derrick was attached to the rig and then slowly lifted up into position. The tent and connected tarps now cover our roof -making the platform weatherproof and looking somewhat like a circus tent. Work proceeded until midnight yet we were not so tired that we forgot Pavel's birthday... the celebration of which happens to coincide with Russian Woman's Day. Our major accomplishment is the final set up and errection of the rig and tent and we eagerly look forward to start drilling and recieving the first cores of 2009.