I recently got the opportunity to go out with some divers here in Antarctica. By “go out with” I mean I went out to the dive hut (below) with them and watched their gear while they went under the ice.
Dive Hut 12
Entering the water through a drilled out hole in the ice shelf
Shot under the ice (taken the next day through an observation tunnel submerged in the ice shelf)
Fainlly coming back up
So when glacial ice hits the shore, it ripples back like a wave, and eventually cracks into these impressive formations because physics and stuff.
Snowy & blustery with a dollop of sun.
Death has no country.
Love has no name.
– Mary Oliver
As though in a dream
we drive
toward the white forest
all day,
all night.
– Mary Oliver
For those of you who don’t know, I’ve recently taken up a contract at a US research base in Antarctica. I’ll be here through February working in the dining hall and taking photos which I’ll be posting here.
I’m calling this one “first look” and was taken from the C17 that flew us from NZ to Antarctica,
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