Friday, December 05, 2008


This photo is from Deverall Island, the southernmost island in the world in fact! We just finished the site today. It was beautiful weather, pretty close to freezing, maybe mid 20's. I wish I could explain what it feels like to be out there. The air is so clean and fierce, and everywhere you look there is incredible scenery. It's such a high. You can't help but be happy. In this photo, Eric and I are sitting by the GPS monument just after installation. Our little mushroom child. We drill into the bedrock, and install the white 'monument' base, before putting on the GPS antenna, which is the mushroom-looking thing (technically, the mushroom looking thing is just a cover to keep out snow, and the actuall antenna is underneath this cover, but you get the point). Behind us you can see the Transantarctic Mountains.

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