In January 2011 I had my very first trip to Palmer Station, Antarctica. We collected samples for summer season during that month. We have only been home for 2.5 months and now it's time for our second trip. This time it will be fall/winter! Last time it was continuous sunlight (twilight after 11:30pm). This time it will be dark most hours of the day and twilight during the day. However, Palmer is not as far south as the South Pole by any means. As the title of this blog states, it's the lowest latitude station, meaning it's farther noth, than any of the other US Antarctic bases. Thus, making it not quite as cold or dark in winter. I guess we'll see when I get there!
We are leaving in 2 weeks... theoretically. Raytheon still hasn't gotten us our plane tickets, though I am certain they have everything under control. They do this all the time after all!
I will be a lot busier this time (I still have to complete all the work for my ongoing Microbial Physiology class, which I am loving btw) as well as continue writing a paper. However, this time a friend of mine, Jill, currently an assistant professor at Dartmouth College, is coming with us. It'll be a blast! I will try to keep it all up to date...
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