Hit The Ground Running – My Life So Far at Palmer Station Antarctica

Fairly recently I finished up a six part series (part one here in case you missed it)that gave a summary of my trip to Palmer Station. I’m fairly sure that I arrived here about six weeks ago and I haven’t found time to write very much about what life is like at Palmer, which should be enough to tell you that life is pretty busy here. I stepped off the boat literally running – I had about one week to get the layout from the outgoing mechanic and to try and make sense of all of the things that are such a departure from what I am used to in my job. Suffice it to say that I have a great deal of responsibility and a lot to keep up with – it’s been extremely challenging so far, but also rewarding. This is a beautiful place and I have become absolutely fascinated with the landscape that surrounds me here.

photographic evidence of alleged beauty

In addition to not being able to find much time to write, I also have a tough time finding anything to write about. My daily life seems to be full of more work stuff and less “Antarctic adventure” stuff…though that could be a product of my many months “on Ice” – it just doesn’t seem exciting or adventurous to me anymore. I do have some ideas on a few things to write about…so there’s still hope. Maybe by the time I actually get those things written it’ll be time for me to leave.

I have been playing around with videos a little bit – I really like tinkering with editing software and have taken the plunge into the mac world – once I get my new macbook look for a review on it and look for lots more video at that time….

Well, looking back at this post…it’s really little more than words on a computer screen….Hope you enjoy the picture.