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anohter image from an evening walk through Cherry Creek St Park, nice break from corporate training

October 9th 2010
Here in Denver for a couple days of training coutesy of Raytheon Polar Services Co, preparing us for our journey to Antarctica. Decided to head out and do a little sightseeing in town and in Cherry Creek State Park, experience some open grassland and trees before the Ice and the long flight to New Zealand. ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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Antarctica: Year on

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Just over ten years ago, I walked away from my career as a space shuttle systems and launch pad technician, a job I actually loved, and many would say, crazy to leave. Shortly after, I flew 9000 miles by way of New Zealand, to the the 7th and most remote, unexplored continent-Antarctica. This for a much lower level job that would last less than 6 months. From a career progression point of view it was like driving down a steep mountain in my old 88 GMC pickup truck-the brakes would very likely fail! I was 40- not a particularly good point in life to just 'bail' on the job and the 401K- but ... full info

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