Underway to Punta Arenas, Chile on the Lawrence M. Gould

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I made popcorn every week for my in room snack. One last batch for the bar.

A last Palmer sunset.

Underway on the Lawrence M. Gould.

My last look at Palmer Station.

The Gould breaking through the ice.

The view from the bridge.

We spotted seals and penguins on the ice.

A huge iceberg.

A chart showing Anvers Island. Palmer Station to the upper left. We then cruised through the stunning Neumayer Channel to the right.

Views through the Neumayer Channel, Antarctic Peninsula.

A snowy sheathbill walking the cable.

Our position on Tuesday morning October 15th. 

The End of Winter Season

I have been uploading my Palmer Station videos to YouTube. On the settings (the small gear on the bottom right side of the viewing screen on YouTube) select HD for the best quality.

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Our winterover patch design by Ken. The winter science project was the study of krill.

This is the night view.

Arthur Harbor ice breaking up. It seems you could almost jump from one ice pad to another all the way across.

The Lawrence M. Gould is on the way from Punta Arenas, Chile with our summer relief crew. They are having a rough time heading into the seas.

Once out of the Drake Passage there is lots of ice to power through to reach Anvers Island.

The Lawrence M. Gould arriving at Arthur Harbor after a five day transit from Punta Arenas, Chile across the Drake Passage and Cape Horn.

A fine bow line handlers crew preparing to moor the Gould. I'm second from the left. Photo credit: Ken.

Breaking ice in Hero Inlet.

The summer crew has arrived. After a one week turnaround we the winter crew will leave for Punta Arenas and home on October 13th.

After seven months freshies have arrived!

Having freshies is a really big deal for winter Antarcticans!

A fine salad bar!

The Gould at Palmer Station pier.

Our 2019 Winterover picture with driftwood frame made by carpenter Rick. The driftwood was found on the rocks here.

2018 and 2019 Winterover pictures with frames. I'm in both.

Our Winterover picture showing our video chat with Cristina Koch onboard the ISS last month.

Pictures and videos of a storm and giant petrels

I have been uploading my Palmer Station videos to YouTube. On the settings (the small gear on the bottom right side of the viewing screen on YouTube) select HD for the best quality.

https://youtu.be/zT2XqhKlgcs
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My family in Florida would like to have this on our house at this time of year.

Sastrugi

A fine day for a hike.

Hermit Island.

A very long shadow.

A bright future.

More sastrugi. Sastrugi, or zastrugi, are sharp irregular grooves or ridges formed on a snow surface by wind erosion, saltation of snow particles, and deposition, and found in polar and open sites such as frozen lakes in cold temperate regions. 

The glacier radio sled - one of my remote job sites.

Giant petrels - the largest bird in the Southern Ocean. Palmer Station on the other side of Hero Inlet.

Giant petrel tracks.

Looking up the Marr Glacier.

Palmer Station. To the left is Hero Inlet.

More sastrugi.

Palmer Station from the backyard.