Incredibly scenic drive toward the west coast on our road trip with Tibor, Dora & the girls.
Hardangervidda: a pass at 1 in the morning. This glorious!
One of many stunning views from the Trolltunga hike. Snow covered most of the way.
Me on the trolls tongue! An extremely challenging but scenic backpack across snow and ice fields to this amazing view on the snowiest summer that Norway's had in years. So proud of my nieces!
Odda, where we had a scenic rest after our hike.
Bergen from the park above. What a gorgeous city!
Undredal, known for it's goat cheese, was probably the prettiest village we saw.
Ghost ship in Geiranger, on a very rainy day.
Alesund, the most gorgeous city and home of the 2015 International Tall-ship races.
Jotunheimen National Park.
Dave and I did a 4 day trek through the center of this awe-inspiring National Park, almost all of it through snowfields and extreme weather.
Another incredibly scenic hike, the Beseggen in Jotunheimen National Park.
The Viking Ship Museum was amazingly filled with ships and artifacts recovered from archeological digs.
The Fram Ship Museum: probably the best museum ever! This is the ship that Roald Amundsen took on his race to the South Pole in 1911. We got to walk all around it and see countless artifacts.
Family photo in Sponvika, on an evening walk. It was the highlight of Norway, and a chance to relax with our family, including Dora's parents, at the most posh cabin with a bay view. It had an indoor pool and jacuzzi in addition to a huge deck and perfect view, cherry trees and berries everywhere!
A beautiful canyon on scenic route 50 on a sightseeing trip we took with Dora's family.
The lupines were in full bloom during our visit. A lovely family photo on our roadtrip.
We celebrated Dave's birthday in Oslo upon his arrival. The girls bought him a balloon and each made him beautiful cards. And Dora made the most delicious Thai green curry, Dave's favorite!
A group photo with the grad students on my last cruise in the laboratory on pajama day.
The IKMT net, which is a midwater net used to catch krill. I'm in the blue hard hat (looking huge).
The girls rinsing the catch to the cod end of the net. A full catch was a bucket of krill.
It was Antarctic winter, so most of my shift looked dark like this. Blue hard hat again. Red pants:)
This is my roommate and coworker Emily in the orange hard hat on the day shift.
Launching the CTD machine (conductivity, temperature and salinity). This is the one we sent to 16,400 feet on another cruise/different ship. But on this cruise, it was usually to 750 meters.
Lovely Punta Arenas, Chile on a sunny winter day. I love this city!
Punta Arenas on the day we left, with the ski area above town.
We had a rough crossing of the Drake Passage as you can see in this photo.
The Drake is the most violent navigable seas in the world.
We were basically the only ship around, this late in the season, middle of winter.
The ship got a fairly thick covering of ice all over, the inside and outside of the hull.
These are krill, adorable with those huge black eyes! Also the base of the food chain as everything feeds on krill in the southern ocean: penguins, fish, seals.
Frozen rails and hydraulic hoses.
Beautifully frozen bow.
Giant iceberg.
Deception Island sunset, and sea ice below.
The last couple months were incredibly beautiful and went by very quickly. I am extremely fortunate to see these gorgeous sights! Dave and I had a fantastic time in Norway with my family, trekking and camping as well as sightseeing around that pretty country. I hope to never forget how hauntingly beautiful it's glaciers and fjords are. I spent just a day in the US before deploying to Antarctica, but in that day signed for our brand new condo in McCall with a traveling notary!!! I got to work with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration as well as the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources on this last cruise. It was awesome! There were scientists studying all facets of our southern oceans, but the main projects that I helped with were bathymetry data using our water sampling ctd machine and mid-water trawling for krill. The project was near the South Shetland Islands, so I got to see Deception and Elephant islands from afar. (Elephant island was where Shackleton had to spend 18 months cause his ship got stuck in the sea ice.) I had a blast for two months, came home and got married!!! Those photos are coming soon. :) Love you!
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