My daughter Sparky is back in Antarctica for another season. No, that is not her photo above, but rather one that I found through google. It kind of encompasses a little of the highlights...penguins, a live volcano, Erebus, and lots of snow and ice.
She will be working out of McMurdo again, but on a team that sets up the scientific base camps, who live mostly in tents while setting up the bases. That sounds so cold. And her stories are always ones that make me thankful to live in the opposite of that environment.
Exhibit A....This is the view out my back door. Snow and ice or green and humid. Some days I wish for the other, but just for a second or two.
Either way, I always miss her. Wishing her another successful season far, far away. And time to start packing up the care packages. She always loves receiving them and letters.
I find your daughters adventure there so exciting! We recently watched Frozen Planet and I found myself wondering if that was the same base? I would love to hear about more of her time down there.
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine how much you miss her. *hug* Hearing stories like this always makes me wonder what Emma will do when she grows up and how much a part of her life I will be able to participate in.
ReplyDeleteYou never know where they'll go. But Sparks was part gypsy even as a child, so we knew something would happen. As parents, our mantra was give our kids roots and wings. She has both, but those wings sure are big ones!!
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