More of Palmer....

Before & After trimming of my beard.

Glacier Search and Rescue Practice

The Sun...

I think all of these sunrises/sunsets happened within a week. But for the last few days the weather has been so nasty we haven't seen the sun at all!

Sunrise with nacreous clouds, just magnificent!

Sunset over Arthur Harbor.

If you look close at the sunset photo you can see Sean' in the bottom right corner.

Icebergs.

Home sweet home! I live in the building in the back

and work in the middle one with the tan roof.

Offical Forcast for Today...

From the offical forecast: "Overall pattern is for crappy weather with

short periods of less than crappy. A Deep low pressure system in the

western Bellingshausen Sea is supporting a strong frontal boundary that

will pound the area throughout the day. Expect periods of slightly

better weather than crappy later afternoon into tonight."

This is the last time that the Lawerance M. Gould was at Palmer before heading back North to Punta Areans, Chile. This is the last time we will see the the ship or any new people until mid September. Our winter population is now down to 18 people.

Click on this photo to see how small it is at Palmer Station

This is the little place that I live in Antarctica, Palmer Station.

And the beard contest.....

So we shaved clean one day and this is our daily photos up till now....

I built that tiny wood structure at the base of this "Yokohama" or what I would refer to it as a bumper. It was built to help sturdy the massive bumper while the ship headed north through the Drake Straight. I hope it was sea worthy!

A crew photo in the carpenter shop before the ship headed north for the winter.

Working on the bumper for the ship.