Here's the Palmer Station webcam link (click on it to open a new window) for your first glimpse of Palmer; it takes photos every 15 seconds. Unfortunately, the Torgersen Island webcam that takes photos of the Adelie penguin colony is only online during the austral summer months, so it is currently offline. The research vessel that will take me from Punta Arenas, Chile is currently just off the coast of South America. You can track the LMG by clicking here, which is a marine traffic website. If you then click on the green button "Show on live map" you can see where exactly the LMG is. And, finally for you weather junkies, the current weather at Palmer Station can be found here. It's a balmy 33F at Palmer... I am really looking forward to the cold and the snow.
Stay tuned for more more posts. I am scheduled to arrive Palmer Station on April 12, but I may be able to post en route. I leave this afternoon, fly to Santiago, Chile tonight, and from there fly to Punta Arenas (P.A.). We leave P.A. on the 7th.
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