[Caveats: This is where the number of photos starts to get out of hand. Antarctica is magnificent and atmospheric. Penguins are very photogenic. The consequence of these and other related facts is that I took over 1800 photos on the Antarctic leg of the Big Trip. You’re not going to see all of them. You may, […]
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Dramatis persona*
Helen Chick
I've always wanted a bumper sticker that said "I'm a female, LDS/Mormon, Scout leading, geocaching, piano-playing, bicycling, mathematics educator with a PhD in maths ... and I VOTE"! I think this makes me a minority group of cardinality 1! * Since there's only one of me and "personae" is plural (I think), I've gone with dramatis persona. Visits since May 2016 |
The Drake Passage is the 800km wide body of water between Cape Horn and the Antarctic Peninsula. It has a bit of a reputation for being unkind to the feeble of stomach. I had a seasickness patch, which helped a bit, though not quite as much as I hoped. Fortunately the two-day trip was, in fact, […] When 2016 started I had no inkling that I would be going on a Big Trip at the end of the year, although I had started thinking about doing something a bit major in the travel line using the long-service leave payout I received when I left the University of Melbourne, and I was thinking of […] [Dateline 22 December 2017: Whoops, in the rush to head off on the “Big Trip” I forgot to post this last year! I think I remembered to mail all the ones I intended to send; they may even have arrived earlier than they usually do because I had to get them done before December 15! Anyway, here is the […] The first half of December has been rather hectic, and, since I am embarking on a much anticipated holiday in three days’ time, all the deadlines are coming to a head in frantic fashion. Fortunately I had technology to remind me it was the 12th. An email reminded me that the cleaners were going to be cleaning our […] |
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