Well, I've packed most of my stuff that I'm taking on the plane. I'm with my family now to spend the last few days with them before I fly south on the 18th.In a couple of days I'll fly to Punta Arenas, with a layover in Dallas and Santiago. I'll arrive in Punta Arenas on the afternoon of the 19th, and receive my extreme cold weather gear then board the ship on the 20th. We'll then set sail on the 21st, and take about 5 days to go through the Straits of Magellan and the Drake Passage before we reach Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula. My duration on the Ice will be 5 days; Two of which will be for the magnetometer installation. This is the R/V LM Gould which is ship that will take me down to Antarctica. It is an ice-strengthened ship that can go through ice that is up to 3 ft thick.
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