Antarctica is beautiful!

WOW, Antarctica is breathtaking.
We "sailed" into Palmer Station yesterday around 2pm and got a great view of glaciers; they look like brilliant white toothpaste speckled with bright blue minty pieces. Since we were late taking off from Punta Arenas, the ship sailed directly into Palmer rather than going through the Gerlache Strait which is more beautiful. However, it was breathtaking enough ;)
Yesterday evening there was a huge party on station with the crew of the ship and station and all the science complement. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet nearly everyone. On station there are about 45 people. The boat, called the Lawrence M. Gould, dropped some people off and picked some people up. It will sail out early tomorrow morning. Today we spent all day in orientations and the ship was unloading all our cargo. Currently my laptop is being outfitted for wireless internet (it's taking longer than normal since I was a problem child and didn't get my antivirus software to NSF standards) but tomorrow I should be able to get some pics up.
Great to be on land! Cannot WAIT to start the science!