Rhymes with “Antarctica”
So, you remember when I brought the entire US government to a standstill and jeopardized the Antarctic Program’s 2013-2014 season? Yes, of course, I realize that there were other factors, but I’m […]
Category Archives: antarctica
Lorien’s Crazy Day (and “Who Wants to Winter Over?”)
Three years ago today I was thinking about how crazy and complicated my life was. I was franticly throwing stuff together as I prepared to head down to the freakin’ […]
The Season that Wasn’t
Way back when, I wrote about not wanting to jinx my chances for a job at the South Pole by writing about it. Well, apparently, by not writing about it, […]
The Day Sleeper (South Pole retrospective)
[I came across this from my stash of “unpublished South Pole Journal notes” and figured enough time has passed that I can post it safely. Those of you who haven’t […]
Bragging Rights
Sit back for a few minutes and put yourself on autopilot while I toot my own horn a bit. Humble (ahem) as I am, I really can’t resist crowing about […]
The adventure continues…
Chiounard says that the word “adventure” is overused. Something like “when everything goes to hell in a handbasket, that’s when the adventure starts.” The adventure keeps rolling right along here. […]
Northbound
Souvenirs – our room key from the Grand Chancellor We’re in Christchurch briefly, between flights that will take us on to Auckland later this evening. Have I mentioned how Air […]
longer update, now that I’ve got a keyboard
Okay, to recap, now that I’m ensconced at an internet cafe with a real keyboard: We were on the outskirts of CHCH when the earthquake hit, with our rain gear, […]
update – Wanaka Southbound
We’re safely in Wanaka with Polie friends. Buying some basics, then on to qtown for the night. Sounds like the Grand Chancellor back in CHCH is about to collapse with […]
we’re okay
We were on a boat South of CHCH when the quake hit. Our stuff is all back in town, inaccessible on the 20th floor of the possibly damaged GC hotel. […]
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