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| Humble Island, Antarctic Peninsula. |
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| Working on the Penguin Station. During the summer this island is full of penguins. Scientists tag the penguins with transmitters to track where they feed. The data is sent to this station then relayed to Palmer Station. |
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| Checking the batteries. Equipment will be added later. |
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| Next stop, Halfway Island which is out of the standard boating area. Looking for a landing spot near the weather station. |
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| A fun slide. The climb back up was a bit more difficult. |
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| I am carrying the black backpack on the way to the weather station. |
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| A full Antarctic rainbow! |
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| Working at the weather station. |
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| Hiking back to the boat. |
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| Avior awaits us. |
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| What an adventure job! How fortunate we are. |
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| A berg on the way back. |
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| A bit of a rainbow over Palmer Station. |
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| The carpenter asked us to bring back a piece of bar ice to carve. Not an easy task grabbing this out of the water from the boat. Bar ice is ancient, could be thousands of years old, compressed glacial ice. It is great for carving on. People also like to chip off pieces for their drinks. The carpenter sees two whales in this piece. How cool! Standing in front of Avior. |
You are a warrior engineer! That slide down looked like fun, but the climb back up, not so much. What an exciting career you have had with these past five years filled with cycling and ice -exploring. In comparison, my days are quite routine and far less intriguing! That piece of ice is amazing! did you get a picture after it was carved? Keep these posts for our presentations to the kids, and maybe other groups interested in the final frontier! Love always, andee
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