Someone the other day asked me if being down here is what I had expected. I didn’t know how to answer because I had absolutely no idea what to expect. The only impressions I had before going were from watching March of the Penguins and from reading my friend Lizzy’s blog about her experience here… Continue reading First impressions of McMurdo
I know some of you may have a lot of questions about how what why etc I am going to Antarctica. Or maybe you don’t but I’m going to tell you anyway! Who? me, duh What? Working as a vehicle operator at McMurdo, the biggest of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic bases When? October 2017… Continue reading Antarctica FAQS
I visited Ireland when I studied abroad in 2010, but it was a quick trip of about 4 days on a coach bus with 30 or so others. Don’t get me wrong it was fun, but that trip I focused more on taste-testing Guinness than really exploring the country. As soon as my mom said… Continue reading Emerald Isle
