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Marty Fleisher, an oceanographer at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is used to this rhythm. At age 65 he has been onboard the Palmer in Antarctica three times before this expedition.I’m here to eat and sleep and work, and in some ways that simplifies your life. And you get to do it in a place like Antarctica.Half of the researchers onboard work shifts of 12 to 16 hours. The other half of them are on duty and available at any time of the day.
With the summer sun shining for 24 hours a day, the hour on the clock doesn’t mean much. Meals become our main way to mark the passage of time. I feel this way, and so does Bettina Sohst, a research associate at Old Dominion University who serves as a laboratory supervisor and technician onboard.Every day is the same. The few things that keep you on track are standard meals—like Taco Tuesday, you know, “Must be Tuesday.
At the beginning of our trip we had 80 megabytes of Internet data to use on our devices each day. Let me tell you, that is not enough to stream videos or download pictures and barely enough to send texts! People got creative to cope with loneliness. Marissa, for example, asked her loved ones to write letters for her to open on Christmas Eve.I had, like, eight letters to open from family members and friends, and I also sent them letters, and that was really nice way for me to feel connected to them, even when I’m thousands and thousands of miles away.The researchers organize a Christmas decoration party.
As our journey nears its end, on our way from Antarctica to New Zealand, I participate in an old maritime tradition: a “sea baptism” ceremony.
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