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| A friend, Matt, whom I met at McMurdo Station, Antarctica winter 2012 makes me a calendar every year with pictures he uses from this blog. We both work satellite communications and I last saw him when I relieved him at the South Pole for my winter 2017 at Amundsen Scott South Pole Station. This is the 2022 calendar he mailed to me. Thanks, Matt! |
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| My room after 5 months on Ascension Island. |
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| The green turtles have arrived on the island to lay their eggs. |
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| I biked to Northeast Bay on the other side of the island then hiked another letterbox trail. |
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| After two months with my bike, my rear tire is worn bald. Tires don't last long here. I installed a new tire. |
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| A pair of fairy terns posing for me. They are together for life. A very curious bird they ofter hover above me. |
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| The hike to Porpoise Point in the distance. |
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| More turtle tracks. |
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| The hatchlings coming from here won't have a chance to get over the rocks. |
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| Interesting lava rock erosion. |
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| After a very difficult hike over sharp lava gullies, I found the letterbox. There have been times that after the hike the letterbox eludes me. |
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| Looking back to where I started. |
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| A very worn stamp. |
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| This hike took me 3 hours not 2. |
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| A long hot hike back to my bike. |
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| The hatchlings from here don't stand a chance. |
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| Salt forming. |
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| The land crabs are now migrating from Green Mountain to Northeast Bay to mate and spawn. |
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| This crab was barely alive and dying. After the crabs release their eggs in the ocean they come ashore and die. |
This part of the island does not look like an easy place to hike. I bet those turtle nests would be interesting to watch. Stay on the paths!
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