So, international regulations require that we practice for emergencies, with things like fire drills every two weeks and an abandon ship drill at least once a month. Captain Sebastian likes […]

We’re stationed about five miles off of Elephant Island, somewhere to the south of us, lost in the fog. The island is lost in the fog, that is, we know […]

Hey – sorry about the radio silence. Once I dipped my toe into coding, the requests for what needed to be done came flying in, and I’ve had my head […]

Okay, you’re going to have to forgive me on this – I’m just kind of speechless here. No fancy commentary or anything, just some photos of what it looked like […]

Somewhere off to starboard in the darkness lies King George Bay. When I let my eyes adjust to the night, I can make out a pale ghost of the island, […]

It’s 2 a.m. and you’ve hit the wall. No, it’s not actually 2 a.m., and the only physical wall nearby is the steel bulkhead of your bunk, behind which the […]

[Sorry about spamming all of you with this damned post – still trying to get the actual text to show up. The sad thing is that it’s not even a […]

Okay, for the record, I am never never never ever swimming in the ocean again. Because the cockroaches from space are the least worrisome of the freaky things that we […]

Given that it’s winter in the Antarctic, you’d expect there to be something like three and a half minutes of sun each day, right? Well, that’s what I expected, but […]

If I wanted to turn a phrase, I’d be tempted to say I’m on the top of the bottom of the world. It’s 10 p.m. and I’m up a couple […]