Picture Fun Time

It's a Thanksgiving miracle -- the internet doesn't totally suck!  And so I can finally show you some photos.  The gorgeous curling uplift of the pressure ridges with a back-drop of volcano Mt. Erebus:

And here's town with a fresh coat of powder from atop Observation Hill last week:

This stark little homestead is a dive shack on the ice at Turtle Rock, reportedly one of the most beautiful dive spots in the world according to those in the know:

The seals like it there, and so do I.  We listened to 70s rock while the divers strapped on their tanks and gear, then one by one they slipped beneath the slush and down into the cold quiet deep.  Eventually, air bubbles stopped escaping through the hole and a stillness took hold.  Other than fifty or so lazy seals, I was the only being on the surface of the ice for miles in every direction.  Thirty minutes passed like a single slow breath, and the small circle of open water roiled again to announce the divers' return.  It's always fun to get out of town and science.