Headed to Antarctica

[Countrylife]

...but hope to see a penguin in its natural environment

Since you'll be in Christchurch you won't be far from the Blue Penguins in Omaru. (Yes, Blue!)

[URL]https://www.penguins.co.nz/[/URL]

As for your transportation there, I'm glad it's not me, I spent enough time on it's precessor. Be safe and send pictures.

 

[ArmyGrunt]

Well here I go! I have accepted a contract in Antarctica for the austral winter (feb-oct) as heavy equipment operator working for a Lockeed Martin subsidiary. Traveling from Anchorage to Christchurch today for a couple days of orientation and then down to McMurdo Station the end of the week.
No hunting and no guns...but hope to see a penguin in its natural environment
Should be an adventure!!! I will post some pics and n this thread as time and internet allow...

That's fantastic! I'd like to go and to a mission down there myself one day. Too few humans get the chance to go to the lonely frozen continent.

 

[Opposite Pole]

Their seasons are backwards from us so I will be there for the winter feb-oct.

Southern Hemisphere seasons are the correct way around. It’s the north that’s all upside down.