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  1. Antarctica

Vernadsky Station

January 21 2015 - The Ukrainian Research Station
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  • Vernadsky Panorama

    Vernadsky Panorama

    That big iceberg the bow is pointing at was HUGE. It also had this amazing oval shaped hole in it.

  • Galindez Island

    Galindez Island

  • Galindez Island

    Galindez Island

  • Vernadsky Station

    Vernadsky Station

    Vernadsky is a Ukrainian research station.

  • Our guide was the chief mechanic for the station. The crew got there in April and are going home in April. A year in Antarctica....hmmmmm....

    Our guide was the chief mechanic for the station. The crew got there in April and are going home in April. A year in Antarctica....hmmmmm....

  • Peace

    Peace

    The peace sign is particularly interesting given what's going on back home. We were told down in Antarctica politics are ignored...good thing given our ship's crew is Russian.

  • This ain't no outlet mall

    This ain't no outlet mall

    Shirts, patches, magnets, paintings and a whole bunch of clay penguins the crew made. They needed something to do during the long winter nights...

  • Za zdorovja!!

    Za zdorovja!!

    Besides making clay penguins the station has a bar to keep the cold winter nights warmer. The station was originally the British Farday station of which John on the left, a member of our expedition crew, was station chief. The station was gifted to the Ukrainians in 1996.

  • "Memorabilia"?

    "Memorabilia"?

    The bar has a curious collection of bras...and also a very fine pair of Vancouver 2010 mitts.

  • Quite the picture window

    Quite the picture window

    The massive iceberg we archor near was also visible from the station. We found out from the Ukrainians a day or two before it was solid and at some point the ice broke away forming the window.

  • Ice Taffy?

    Ice Taffy?

  • Three Penguteers

    Three Penguteers

    A Gentoo, an Adelie, and a Chinstrap all on the same rock. We were kidding the expedition crew they must have had the station guys place them there.

  • Ice Algae

    Ice Algae

  • Wordie House

    Wordie House

    The historic Wordie House part of the original British station is in the background.

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  • What do you guys want? I'm trying to nap.

    What do you guys want? I'm trying to nap.

  • Uhhh...it's big...

    Uhhh...it's big...

  • ...really big...

    ...really big...

  • Ummm....that's a building...

    Ummm....that's a building...

  • It's huge!

    It's huge!

    It;s so hard to tell scale in Antarctica. I asked the crew how tall they thought this was and they all seemed to agree on something like 30 meters. Yep, that's a 10 story building right there.

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