Antarctica: Part Deux
I have very vivid memories of last year’s journey to Antarctica (the actual travel from Seattle to McMurdo), and a big part of that was seeing veteran ice-folk reuniting with old friends. It seemed so strange and foreign to me because I was on my way down for the first time and everything about the experience was new. Imagine living in a world where some of your closest friends live in Antarctica.
Well, here I am, a year later and hours away from reliving that experience from the other side of the coin. This year I’ll be one of the veterans, I’ll be the one telling the fingies [newbies], “Yeah, I was a DA last year,” and they’ll be the ones thinking, “Man, what was it like last year? What would it be like to come back for a 2nd season?”
It will be surreal for a few days, just like it was last year, but within a matter of weeks I’ll have settled into a routine and things will seem totally normal: just another summer in Antarctica.
