Dramatis persona*

helenhead 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.
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BT – A Magical Evening

The evening began — perhaps surprisingly to those who see Antarctica as a wild, wintry place — with a barbecue outside on the aft deck. The weather was mild, there was a convivial atmosphere, and the antics of Nacho (Ignacio) — the Argentinian camping leader who took us on our overnight sleep out — kept people […]

BT – Claytons Mountaineering

In addition to kayaking trips — and the standard trips ashore and Zodiac cruises — our tour offered mountaineering activities. For those with proper boots these could be quite adventurous, with crampons and the like, but they also organised some Claytons* mountaineering trips of a more gentle nature that could be conducted using our Muck boots […]

BT – Paradise Harbour and Almirante Brown Base

If I tell you that I took over 400 photos on day 2 in Antarctica you can probably guess that it was a magical day; and you may not be surprised to find that I’ll break up the account into three posts. We spent the morning in the vicinity of Paradise Harbour (S 64°54′ W 62°53′), […]