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High Summer in Antarctica

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It's been a long time since I've posted! It's also been a pretty full month since Christmastime, and I'm excited to give a little snapshot into one of the most interesting times to be at McMurdo. The Holidays came and went. Here's my Christmas tree and some holiday cheer from the dining hall seal. Icestock, the southernmost music festival in the world, came and left, ringing in 2019 in its wake.... And the dining hall seal helped us celebrate 2019, too. A beautiful hike on New Years Day brought in the new year right.... And a tour out to see a Navy plane wreck from the 1970s on a perfect Antarctic evening was high on my list of best experiences in Antarctica.  The day was perfectly still, so warm that we could strip down to T-shirts, and a sighting of emperor penguins made that day a perfect day. The warmer height-of-summer days have provided lots of good opportunities for enjoyable hiking weather..... ...with fun tim