Pre-trip Briefing

Welcome to Frozen Daze.  This site will detail my travels to New Zealand and Antarctica during January-February 2009.  I find this an efficient way to keep my family and friends updated.  Anyways, this is my second trip to the ice.  I first went there in December 2006 - see the previous posts on this site for details of that trip.  

My functions on this trip will be similar to last time.  I will work with the weather forecasters at McMurdo station, while doing some of my own work along the way.  I'll write more about that later.  I am essentially on my own for this trip, but at least this time there will be some people I know there.  

I leave this Sunday...Columbus to Dallas-Ft. Worth to Los Angeles to Auckland to Christchurch.  After arriving in New Zealand on 20 January, I should have two days there to recover and get issued gear before hopefully leaving for Antarctica on 22 January.  Of course that all depends on the weather!  I will try to post either in New Zealand (if I have time and anything exciting happens) or once I get to McMurdo.  I will have about three weeks at McMurdo.  My tentative return to New Zealand is on 11 February, then returning to the U.S. on 15 February.  

Thanks for stopping by!