A year and a day ago, Roald Amundsen was the first man to reach the south pole. In celebration, we released a homebrew yesterday:
Thanks to Zee for her artistic talent, and to Travis and PQ, my faithful homebrewing assistants.
The pole had over a hundred visitors yesterday, with more on the way. The Norwegian Prime Minister was there to give a commemorative speech.
And speaking of Scandinavians, dad did make it to station last week, though it was a lucky chance. After cancelling their Friday visit due to ice, the National Geographic Explorer had to cancel their Monday visit as well, because they needed to get a jump on approaching weather in the Drake Passage. With much thanks to Bob, our station manager, we made a special exception and invited the Explorer to swing by on Sunday evening. Not the usual visit, we did not bring any of the passengers ashore, save one. While a small delegation of Palmer folk gave a talk on the ship, dad came to station for a few hours. It was a wonderful visit, and very surreal to see family here. We somehow managed not to take a picture, so memory will have to suffice. But, I did snag this as the crew brought dad ashore:
3 comments:
That is great you got to see your dad down there. Very, very cool. Keep enjoying, Brody
It was a great visit. Antarctica is an amazing place. Seeing you and Kim really made the trip. In addition to Bob we owe thanks to Lisa, the expedition leader, and the captain of the Nat Geo Explorer who worked very hard to make the visit to Palmer possible between the ice and the weather.
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Glad to see your dad could make it to the ice!! Happy Holidays!!!
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