Palmer Station Site Visit Diary

Index

Day 1: March 26;   Punta Arenas, getting on the boat, fishing
Day 2: March 27;   Entering the Drake Passage
Day 3: March 28;   Life on the ship
Day 4: March 29;   Ship engine room
Day 5: March 30;   Arrival at Palmer Station
Day 6: March 31;   VLF recordings
Day 7: April 1;    Hurricane
Day 8: April 2;    Damage assessment
Day 9: April 3;    Bonapart Point, penguins sighted
Day 10: April 4;   Palmer area images
Day 11: April 5;   Sunday at Palmer
Day 12: April 6;   Working on the new tower
Day 13: April 7;   Fixing the Ampex recorder
Day 14: April 8;   Nice views
Day 15: April 9;   Metaphysics
Day 16: April 10;  Not much
Day 17: April 11;  Station photo
Day 18: April 12;  Raising the new mast
Day 19: April 13;  New VLF and boating
Day 20: April 14;  ATVs
Day 21: April 15;  Nice sunset and VLF data examples
Day 22: April 16;  Shameless self promotion day
Day 23: April 17;  Animation project
Day 24: April 18;  A really slippery glacier
Day 25: April 19;  Data Comparison
Day 26: April 20;  Checking the sea ground
Day 27: April 21;  Back on the boat
Day 28: April 22;  A really nice picture
Day 29: April 23;  Holy Cow - It's Unbelievable
Day 30: April 24;  Port Lockroy, Part 1
Day 31: April 25;  Port Lockroy and Holy Cow, Part 2
Day 32: April 26;  Return to Palmer
Day 33: April 27;  I found my backpack
Day 34: April 28;  Another nice sunset
Day 35: April 29;  Homeward Bound
Day 36+;           Torres Del Paine, Dedications


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