The Improbability Vortex visits Rothera Station
Blame it on the Pablo improbability vortex: a last-minute invitation ashore by the Brits at Rothera Station for New Year’s Eve tea…and a 5k. Who could say no? I don’t […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
A Change of Season
Oh, what a difference a few hours makes! Almost on cue as we crossed 66 33’ south, the sky darkened and sea ice swirled out to meet us. By the […]
Crossing the Line
There is an invisible line out there, irrelevant except for purposes of astronomy and bragging rights. The Antarctic Circle lies at 66 33’45.7” south of the Equator and marks the […]
Underway
It always feels a little like that bit in Shakespeare in Love where the theater manager asserts that everything is going to work out. It’s all going to hell, and […]
Aaaaand We’re Back…. Sort of.
Well, that didn’t take long. The groove is back. Up the gangplank, through the main hatch and down the steps. Familiar faces everywhere: Jullie, Tom, Mackenzie and Ken are hanging […]
Three Seasons in One Day
You’d think by now there’d be a pattern to these departures. What, you’re headed to Antarctica again? Yeah. It’ll be my fourth time on the ship; a month-long resupply and […]
New Story: Aisle 28, Christmas Eve
“The thought comes to him seemingly out of nowhere: this is nothing like Fallujah. But the fact that he has even evoked the comparison frightens him. The fog of […]
The Ends of the Earth
TLDR: ignore the text. Look at the pretty pictures. By yesterday afternoon, I was wiped out. I’d spent the past two days meeting with our farm manager, the Conservation District, […]
