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Back  to the ship  mid-day  to get  geology,  geography,  genetics  and
         some lunch, and to rest before the  the like. Every year, around mid
         afternoon  outing,  we  were  able  to  Spring, they rotate and that’s when
         watch the beginning of Michael  they get their food, medical &
         Cohen’s Testimony before the  work supplies and other provisions.
         House Intel. Let’s see what happens
         to Mr Teflon after this.                    These young people is a group of
                                                     highly  educated  and  dedicated
         We are becoming a pro in getting            researchers and what a pleasure and
         in and out of our expedition gear           honor to meet them. They remind
         at this point, and the routine of           me of my sons: Matthew for his
         getting on and off the ship after           diligence and dedication to learn new
         decontamination. It now comes as            skills at his work and, Mark because
         second nature to us. This afternoon         of his remarkable and innovative
         adventure  is also very interesting         PhD research on Materials Science
         because we are visiting a Research          Engineering on Renewable Energy.
         Station now run by Ukraine after the
         British Falkland Islands Dependence         From this island, we went back to the
         Survey Group gave it up. It was             ship amid ice and beautiful low lying
         also the easiest climb out of the           icebergs that looked like they were
         zodiac boat because the station             sculpted delicately and purposely
         built wooden steps, bridge and              for our viewing pleasure. My photos
         deck. Meeting the Research Scientist        don’t do justice to their amazing
         leader and the other scientists was         beauty. Comparing them to the coral
         one of the highlights of this journey.      garden in Coron, Palawan, I call them
         There are 40 of them during this time,      the iceberg garden of Antarctica. The
         but only 12 scientists spend winter         female pilot of our zodiac boat was
         here. Their research are all about          very confident navigating our way
         how to save us and this planet. They        around them, even slowing down so
         concentrate on the study of our             we can take photos of some marine
         atmosphere, climate, geophysics,            wildlife resting on iceberg top.







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