Blogs from Temp, Antarctica - page 5

Antarctica - one of the most amazing experiences of our life. It was surreal. Different from visiting any other place. It doesn´t feel like we visited a real, physical place; more like we have the memory of some strange dream. The only way it can be described is that it´s the nearest a living being can come to seeing heaven! Crossing the Drake passage on our return (sea between Argentina and Antartica), it felt more like we were crossing some ethereal body of water, more like that river that took Orpheus to the Underworld (except unfortunately not quite so smooth - the Drake is known as the roughest sea on earth!). Antarctica is breathtaking - vast, empty, clean, and pure. The whites are perfect and the blues and greens in the ice are so vivid they're ... read more

Hola, I have been very busy and keeping my friends even busier. I missed my first flight from OKC, I was late!! I had this huge box that weighed 100lbs, I was bringing it for Berenice's family. I thought I had everything worked out, I went to the airport the day before and weighed it. When I went to check my bags they told me their was an imbargo on boxes to Guadalajara: ( I left the box with the baggage guy (big no no) Deby came and got the box and I ran to get the next flight to Dallas. I was on standby to Mexico, and thankfully had no problems. I took pictures on the airplane but I can't find them. My friends picked me up from the airport about 3pm and we haven't ... read more

or or Ok so this is the first blog entry and is a little bit about where I am going to be going and how I am feeling about the whole thing. It will also include the list of places I am going and a little bit about me. So the trip is getting closer by the second as you can see from my countdown timer. I have to say it still doesnt real that I am actually really going. Even though I have the tickets now and am in the process of applying for my Canadian work visa. I feel a mixture of nerves, excitement and very occasionally sadness when I think about leaving all my friends and family behind. Still Its all in a good cause and that cause is me having a ... read more

well, its been a hard one this week. Already behind schedule due to the aircraft not flying on time and with the added bonus of having to catch up with loads of work, the weather decided to crap out on us!! Suprisingly the temperatures are not too bad here at all, hovering around the -2/+2 area yet when the winds pick up, boy does it get cold. So, what have we had all week? well, around about 20-30 knot gusts of wind battering us about as we clamber over steel work trying to fit the new floors of the building. Suprisingly, only 1 day was cancelled due to the winds yet we managed to get everything sorted out and stockpiled ready to attack the following day. The weather was just against us all week though with ... read more

Well guys, i have finally made it to the glorious sights and sounds of Antarctica yet again. After our initial delays stretching out over a week at home and then a week in Punta Arenas in Chile, the weather was good, the plane was fixed and ready to fly and our bags were packed and on board. Actually, our bags were packed on board about 3 days before we flew so there were a few really stinky people on that plane who hadnt changed, myself included!! The flight in was fantastic, flying over Cape horn and along the Antarctic Peninsular until we reached Adelaide Island and my home for the next 4 months, Rothera base. The cloud cover was actually really low for the flight in so we couldnt actually see all the sea ice yet ... read more