tonight, Friday night and I have had about 6 hours of broken sleep in 36 hours and am facing another 60 hours on call… my motivation is heading south
Tag: community
So how was it?
Spending time with people who have an adventurous spirit, who pursue experiences and are interested in peoples stories, the world around them and the way that they interact with it. People with amazing resilience, courage and the capacity to step up to a challenge.
Change of plans
Then after the most boring five days of my life, the Universe smiled on me. I was given the option of flying home instead of taking the ship…. It was a big decision and I carefully considered my options. The benefits home two weeks earlier then planned…. flying not rocking my way through the roughest latitudes in the world… internet access. It took about 2 secs, to recover the power of speech and agree to take one for the team. OK, I’ll fly home since some-one needs to do it. Happy dance, happy dance, happy dance.
Learnings from 2 years and 4 landscapes
Three years ago my life took a left turn down an unfamiliar path, sometimes stony, cold and lonely and others times bathed in sunlight, full of love and warmth. This path has felt worn but at the same time narrow and one lane.
A sunny day in paradise
The light shines on the glaciers highlighting the ancient blue glacial ice that peeks through the snow that has clung to the icy surface. It reflects off the snow and ice, bouncing up to blind my eyes as I walk across the station. Looking across the Islands and ice bergs it is easy to see that spring is only a few days way
If old buildings could talk
In Antarctica there are many old buildings, they are not old in years but they are steeped in history and have led a harsh life exposed to Antarctic weather, wind and snow blast them all winter, then summer delivers 23 hours a day of sunlight with no ozone filter. The old walls could tell stories of expeditioners who have sat around on a Sunday afternoon talking crap and playing cards
Gifts of affection
Every month I am away from home I buy Will a little present, just to let him know that I am thinking of him. In May I bought him 48 rolls of recycled toilet paper, 6 rolls of forest friendly paper towel and 12 boxes of forest friendly tissues all home delivered from who gives a crap, I felt that…
Squashed against humanity
all our small victories and joys, tears and home sick moments, squabbles and encouragements create our little ‘squash’ moments. Even in Antarctica we are all still squashed up against humanity
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…
…my only pair of jeans sustained a gymnastics related fatal injury AKA the jeans were not as flexible as me and ripped up the middle during a splits demonstration. This was approx. 3 months ago and has left me with King Gee pants, 2 pairs of green cords (WTF) and some lovely polar fleece trackies
Jen Wressell 