After 7 miserable unstable days lying mostly supine on the boat, we finally reached Palmer station today. Technically this boat ride should only be 4 days, but there was a massive storm in the already treacherous Drake passage, and we ended up waiting for two full days at the tip of South America for the storm to subside. Having the top bunk while the ship was rocking was a bit of an adventure, but we made it.
Time to get the science on! We got well underway setting up the lab and will be emptying 10 more boxes tomorrow. The weather here is great, people are great, food is brilliant, and even better than I can eat it again :D It's going to be a productive month!
I'm not sure I'd've done too well on that boat ride! Still, I'm glad to hear you're settling in at Palmer. :)
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