A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
And this is the last bash up here in Tanaka where Sean Corkery (Toofles Sean) sang for us (with other guest singers) at the Mussel inn. 9000 miles to meet, 5 hours back off the ice, to settle and say good by in a beautiful back home bar…And a few people drinking on it’s steps.Rich … Read more
Here’s one of the many sides of Queenstown (it feels like vail or a similar upscale mountain town). And the feel of the place…
So the penguins waddle up past stumps like this into the bushes. Don’t have any good pictures of penguins though, sorry.
Lake Parainga is this horseshoe lake somewhere halfway up the west coast. Thought you might enjoy seeing how we camped…
Here’s the weather I got to see as soon as I got off the ice. I look out my window to a beautiful view…
I’m not sure where I left off, but to catch you up, I’m making a mad dash/tour of the south island of NZ (I’m thinking of it as an overview). We made it down to the fossil forest and penguin rookery a few days ago (bit of a blur, but the pictures should sort it … Read more
So I’m hanging out with Comm’s George, aka the russian. He’s actually from Latvia not Russia proper, but he’s a kick and done many things before he ever reached McMurdo. We rented a car and are heading down towards the Catlins which is in the south side of NZ. The only thing more south is … Read more
So I’ve returned to the land of civilianization and I have to say the Ginger Beer at Dux deLux is the best beer I think I’ve ever had. Yes it’s a skewed perception of 4 months of stale Speight’s and random other bad alcohol, but those of you who know me know I love sweet … Read more
Life now is all about the clean up. Within the next week 400 people will be leaving station. 140 per plane so about 3-4 planes will carry us away to the beautiful land call greenery. Wait no, that’s not it’s name, it’s Cheech, no wait ChristChurch. That’s it. This McMurdo brain fart is insane, we … Read more
So I came up with this crazy idea that people might like to see what we eat down here. I’m wondering about the whole notion of it right now, but maybe you’ll find it strangely fascinating to see what meals we eat here at McMurdo. Friends from here, I thought you might want to share … Read more