Extreme snowshoeing in Antarctica!Part of our beautiful day of snowshoeing on the glacier behind station.

Penguin footprints.

When in Antarctica, one must go snowshoeing. There is plenty of snow to go around. In the background is our friend Harold the Ice burg.That is me getting ready to take the Polar Plunge. It is tradition to do so when a ship heads North. You can see the very end of the ship on the right hand side of the picture.

Line handling duties. We get to help the ship for each port call.

Pretty nice carpenter shop for the size of the station. This is where I spend most of my time working on projects.The other side of Palmer Station.

Most everyone I know is North of here, minus the people wintering in Antarctica at the other stations.

One of many sunsets to come.

We went on a boating trip close to station and this is what we saw.........

A leopard seal floating on a small iceberg with Palmer Station in the background.
A beautiful iceberg.
Elephant Seals.

Mount William.

A leopard seal hanging out on a small iceberg

Meet Harold the iceburg, he is sitting not too far from station.

Palmer Station, Antarctica, home until the beginning of October.

Got up before sunrise so I would be awake for the first sighting of Palmer Station.

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My sleeping arrangement on the ship. We stayed the night on the ship for 8 nights, but we were only on the ocean for 5.5 days. It was a long 5.5 days for me as I don't do so well on the waters. I made it through and didn't get sick, but spent a lot of time laying down.
My first sight of the Antarctic peninsula on the morning we docked at Palmer Station.

The fishing begins. I hope they are better at fishing than I am!

This is the crew getting ready for fishing operations.

The orange ship is the Laurence M. Gould, pretty good size in comparison to the other ships and boats docked up.

This is our ship, the Laurence M. Gould just before we left port in Punta Arenas, Chile. We left right around midnight late on a Saturday just over two weeks ago. The ship is for science research as well as transport to Antarctica.
This is clothing issue in Punta Arenas, Chile. Showing off my new, but old boots.

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This is the AGUNSA location in Punta Arenas, Chile. This is our last location before leaving port for Antarctica. Much different than all my other deployments, as we flew out of Christchurch, New Zealand.

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