Thursday, October 6, 2016

A Little Closer to Antarctica

In celebration of 60 years of a New Zealand presence in Antarctica, the International Antarctic Centre hosted an Ice Fest and gave the public a chance to go on board the U.S. Air Force C-17 that carried researchers and supplies down south.

It was awesome for me and mostly awesome for Alex although there were some tears for the latter.

First he wailed when we took him on the aircraft and then he wailed when it was time to leave.

I got to speak with some cool Air Force peeps and talk to some academics getting ready to head south to do a science.







There was a group of children dressed as penguins. Even the smallest of these sent Alex into tears.



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