Dang.
“Some things are under your control. And some things are not under your control.” -Epictetus A central tenet of Stoic philosophy is to focus your attention on those things that are […]
Category Archives: antarctica
Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Ice…Oh, and Panic
I guess the way people normally do things is that, when they finish a big project, they kick back and catch their breath for a while. I guess I’ve never […]
Chalk up One More Lost Soul
I love telling the story about how – how many years ago was it? – Beth and I were sitting there on the floor of a friend’s house and I […]
That’s All, Folks
And just like that, we’re done. I woke this morning at 3:00 a.m. to the sound of flat water moving past the hull, and a blissful lack of pings from […]
Under the Hood
For the past month, we’ve been living in an enormous machine, transported and sustained by massive, magical contraptions that hum and whir in the mysterious caverns beneath our feet. These […]
Traditions
At Pole, Megan used to say, “always” meant two seasons. Something happens two years in a row and it will etch itself into the institutional memory as having always been […]
Drake Passage, Northbound at Night
The half-moon watches, standing low on edge in the midnight sky as the swell takes us. Our bow rises in slow motion, geometry pitching the bridge backward as she comes […]
Once More Into the Breach
A hundred miles north of the King George Island on our homeward run there’s no question that we’re back in the Drake. The deck is pitching enough to make walking […]
Science – It’s What’s for Dinner
Christopher surveys the first plate I was just finishing up dinner, dipping the last of my southern-style chicken tenders into what was left of my bowl of tomato soup when […]
Shades of Gray
At Pole, the period beginning the middle of January was called The Season of Pain. Summer folks had been on station for close to three months, and were smelling the […]
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