One of the scientists here from Russia (the only other woman in our group aside from me) has been to Antarctica a few times before, for a total of a year and a half spent on the Ice. She said to us after we got back: “Welcome to the Antarctic Fraternity!”
Some of the newest members of the Antarctic Fraternity!
And a couple last thoughts about being back… several of us realized that we are just as excited now, talking about Antarctica and thinking about the experience, as we had been when we were anticipating it, months and days beforehand! We did some rough math (although I don’t know how accurate this is), and think it’s probably about 1 in several million people on the planet that get to go to Antarctica and live at a scientific base. That is SO COOL!
