Journal Entry

An interesting observation about my second time in the freezer. I never felt cold but instead went from normal to numb....if that makes sense. I'd never experienced that except when polar bear plunging, so I shared my observation with Stacy, our PI--not to be confused with Magnum. "PI" in this case means "Primary Investigator". I'd like to share her response with you.

"Your experience in the freezer is teaching you some of the big dangers of Antarctica - you do not know when you are getting frostbite or hypothermia. For both, you rely on those around you to notice, and help you fix the problem. Of course, you can help yourself too by being aware, asking for input...and accepting other people's inconvenient suggestions that you put on another layer or go indoors without too many rude words. When you are well into hypothermia, which can be very difficult to do! And of course you have a responsibility to watch others and tell them if they have exposed skin in the wind, and proactively cover them the second you see white on their skin!"

Lesson learned, and I promise to not use too many rude words, if any, when others make said suggestions to me!