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With a baffled expression
Ok, that is a new question and I would be puzzled also. You just have to shake your head. So glad you have a new contract in the southern lands. Eager to read each new experience you have. One day...sooner than later our paths are going to cross.

Ozone & Ice or Veronica & Vodka
I saw an episode of Foreign Correspondent on the Idiot Box two nights ago on climate change in Greenland where the Polar Icecap is dramatically shrinking. Now you are back in Antarctica, Dave, I am hoping you will share your's and Veronica's observations of fluctuations in the hole in the Ozone layer and the effect of climate change on the southern icecap. Can we look forward to such riveting reading?

I thought at one time that I would love to live in the Antarctic...
that's because I grew up in SE Asia where I was always hot. Now that I live in cold Colorado I'm satisfied with living there vicariously through your blogs. Thanks for sharing your passion for the colder regions of our world.

Your blog helped us make decision!
We have been to Antarctica and Svalbard/Greenland and are under the spell of high latitudes. South Georgia has been pulling on us. Reading your posts has, I think, tipped us into taking the plunge and and signing up for Lindblad October trip.

Whale city
I had goosebumps reading about your whale encounter in the zodiacs! We had our first whale encounter in Sri Lanka earlier this year (blue whales) and I think I'm now a bit hooked on seeing more species. I love your use of the term Happenstance, a very apt word that describes so many chance circumstances that make happy travel memories. Great blog and fabulous photos :)

Flaw
For some reason, not all photos are displaying when I click on individual photo numbers....

Washing Machines
Hey Dave, awesome entry as always... but I was hoping to find a picture of you with the Christmas lights and now I REALLY want to see the washing machines! I'm not a bird nerd, just a regular one! Safe travels my friend. :)

Eric the Red finds a Greenland -- happenstance-- if you believe in that sort of thing.
The polar regions call to you and we love reading your blogs. We've been to both Iceland and Greenland so this was a bit of a trip down memory lane and yet you always offer something new for us to think about. Oh the wonder of the world. We will actually be back in Iceland in less than a week.... sorry our paths didn't cross. I wonder what it would be like to sit in a zodiac, in the quiet and appreciate the wild life that is surrounding you.I'm certain my heart would have been pounding. I can't imagine the wonder of seeing a pod of a hundred whales. I've seen whales in the San Juan Islands off of Washington and in Antarctica....but 100....wow. I can't imagine. I'm not up on my fin whales so just did some research. As you can imagine this generally happens when reading one of your blogs. And 80 bowhead whales...wow...if I couldn't have my life I would want to live yours. A polar bear.... and a music festival.... wow. It just does not get any better. What a trip. I believe things happen for a reason and you are guided and make decisions based on what you need to learn and experience. Once again thanks for sharing your experiences. MJ

Hump Backs!
Woo hoo.... fantastic.

Learning new skills
Now you can add mushroom hunter and fisherman to your resume! .... although I suspect you've been fishing for years. Ugh...you have to watch out for that bear spray. Yikes. MJ

At Latitude 74
....now that will stop and make you think...Latitude 74....wow. We've got to get up there. I want to see Polar Bears but not Polar Bear parts. Always love your blogs. Keep them coming.