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December 2004
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December 31, 2004There's No Place Like HomeMy flight from Miami landed early into snowy Detroit, where it then took over an hour to actually get to the gate and off the plane because of the 10 inches of snow. My parents picked me up from the...Read this update December 21, 2004Advenures in TransitI left Uyuni on the night train to Oruro, which was supossed to leave at midnight, but didn't leave until 1am. The only logical explanation for the delay is that, it is Bolivia. I have found that 'It's Bolivia,' is...Read this update December 18, 2004Pass the Salt PleaseThe Salar de Uyuni in southwestern Bolivia covers 12,000 square km, and is the worlds largest salt flats. About 30,000 years ago, the salt flats were covered by a lake called Lago Munchin. When the sea dried up, it left...Read this update December 14, 2004From Seasickness to Altitude SicknessGetting from Buenos Aires to Uyuni, Bolivia, my jumping off point for the tour to the Bolivian Salt Flats was an adventure in itself. The flight from Buenos Aires to Salta was uneventful, and I only stayed one night there...Read this update December 12, 2004And For My Next Act...So here I am in Buenos Aires. I spent about 75% of my first two days here blogging about Antarctica. I also made a quick stop into the U.S. Embassy to get more pages put into my passport, since it...Read this update December 10, 2004A Mostly Smooth DrakeAfter our last two landings, it was time to head back into the Drake Passage, unfortunately. The way back was also mostly "smooth," although it did get pretty rough in the middle of the night on the second night. At...Read this update Anyone for a Swim?We had two more landings left before heading back across the Drake Passage to Ushuaia. After the morning wake up call and breakfast, we geared up for our landing on Deception Island. The "deception" of the Island is that it...Read this update Continental LandingsThe next day we made two more landings, both on the Peninsula itself. After the excitement of the previous day, everything ran like clockwork. Delphin took us over in the zodiac to the first landing at Waterboat point, where two...Read this update Petermann and LemaireLeaving Mikkelsen Harbor, we were already at a latitude of 63 degrees south. Of course, part of being that far south at this time of the year is that it doesn't really get dark. I woke up at about 3:30...Read this update LET US IN!!!The next morning, thursday, we were supossed to have our first landing, but when I woke up and looked out the window, it didn't seem very promising. We were still cruising along the ice edge looking for a way in...Read this update December 09, 2004A Smooth Drake?When I went to bed that first night, the waters didn't seem very turbulent. Even so, I took some seasickness pills anyway, just to be safe. In the middle of the night, I was woken up by the drawers in...Read this update December 08, 2004The REAL land down underIf it is true that a picture is worth a thousand words, then by my calculations, I will have to write at least a million words to accurately describe my experience in Antarctica, since I took over a thousand pictures....Read this update |
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