dantarctica

Due to some extenuating circumstances, I spent about 3 months at McMurdo Station on Ross Island…ANTARCTICA. During that time I attempted to write my first blog to capture what I was experiencing, please enjoy those posts below.

quick aside: I am not being elusive about the “extenuating circumstances” it is just that I have outlined them in embarrassingly gruesome details on a post from the archived blog: antarctica:

I have changed sites and largely abandoned that blog, but I’ve pulled along the content ever since. In this most recent endeavor, I have even gone through to clean up the links to photos and attempted to use higher resolution photos that I had not posted previously. I, mainly, left everything untouched (even some blatant typos) but did update a few thing here and there so it is not exactly the same, but pretty darn close.

I took a picture of myself every day because one of the things I was doing was not cutting my hair or beard. I’ve probably had a dozen beards since then, but that was my first. It is chronicled here:

still in VA

It is becoming apparent that my sole purpose in life is to hand over my fate and future to some complete stranger and then be forced to wait around with little-to-no communication.

uh oh.

I already feel like shaving, this is going to be tough…

first day, last haircut

I cut my hair today for the last time in the upcoming 4 months. I’m not shaving either…it will be interesting. I shaved it all bald. Anything in that picture other than my lip hair or eyebrows is just a shadow.

paperwork

Well, I got the official offer yesterday and all the accompanying paperwork. It is simply overwhelming. And as if that wasn’t enough I got all of the medical forms and paperwork as well.

antarctica:

Short Version: I am spending this winter in Antarctica. See you in February. Long Version: As you may or may not know, for the last 5 years (almost 6) I have worked for Raytheon, a defense contractor.

first blog...

This is my first time “blogging.” I hope it doesn’t hurt. Thanks in advance for your patience while I get used to this…