I’ve started two other iterations of this post and keep putting off finishing it. Why does updating my blog always feel like such a chore? Maybe if I didn’t leave such big gaps in between posting… I got back from New Zealand a month ago now. Luckily, it was right before the pandemic hit the… Continue reading Antarctica Round 3
I spent this summer working in McCarthy, in the middle of the biggest national park in the country. Many people have never heard of McCarthy, or Wrangell St Elias National Park for that matter. I hadn’t really heard of them either until coming down to Antarctica, funnily enough; a substantial percentage of Antarcticans work in… Continue reading Summer in Alaska
I’m currently sitting on the porch of the guide house eating dinner, and it’s usually quiet for 7 PM. Normally the house is bustling with other guides; there’s 7 of us sharing this space. But tonight is the kick off party for the McCarthy Packrafting Festival, and most of the crew is already in town.… Continue reading Packraft Fest
I seem to be making a habit of leaving 6 months in between posts! The longer it is in between posting, the longer and more detailed I feel I need to write. This serves as a prefectly good reason to procrastinate. I’ve been off the ice now for close to three months. Spending six months… Continue reading Back in the real world
Summer is in full swing down in Antarctica and I can’t believe I’ve been here for almost 3 months already. Last year 3 months felt like a lifetime, but this year time seems to be passing quickly. Coming down at winfly for August and September definitely helped the time pass, when the station was quiet… Continue reading Summertime
Last I wrote was about getting off the ice back in February. A lot has happened in the past six months (I traveled to Cambodia, spent the summer hiking the Colorado Trail…), but I’m skipping ahead here for more of a “live update.” The first month or two after I left Antarctica, I wasn’t… Continue reading Back in Antarctica
It’s been a hot minute since I last posted! A lot has happened in the past six months. Last time I posted was about my last couple weeks in Antarctica. At the end of my four month contract I was extremely ready to leave. I was so ready to be done that I wasn’t sure… Continue reading Getting off the ice
These past couple months have flown by; I feel like I just got here. But at the same time I also feel like I’ve been here forever. . Like everyone told me they would, once the holidays passed, the days just seemed to fly by. . I switched to day shift the weekend of Christmas… Continue reading Had a (n)ice time
You know how you never take anything for granted until you can’t have it? . I never realized how much I would miss fresh vegetables. . I was under the impression that the food down here was going to be terrible (because this is what I was told *cough Lizzy cough*). I half believed that… Continue reading Freshies
Skua is a funny word. It’s the name of a bird that migrates to Antarctica in the winter. There’s also an Arctic skua but from pictures it looks smaller than its southern cousin. . Skuas basically look like oversized, brown seagulls. This doesn’t sound very exciting, I know. But when the only other animals you… Continue reading SKUA
