Location: **Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula **Latitude: 64° 49.3171′ S Longitude: 64° 03.3766′ W
Palmer Station
Today dawned bright and sunny – a rarity for this part of the world. We had a meeting first thing to determine the status of our scientific equipment, communication needs, and computer network. We’re sending a small party over to the station again this morning to send out emails and gather a few more needed supplies. It looks like our computer network sustained some pretty serious damage from the fire. Our IT folks have been working around the clock to piece together equipment for all the scientific data collection. It looks like we’ll be able to collect all our data and the science won’t be too greatly affected. They may never be able to patch together the email system, so our communication will be somewhat limited. We do have capabilities for satellite phone and fax, so we’re not completely cut off from the outside world. It’s times like these that we realize how dependent on the Internet and email we’ve become.
Going to catch a ride on the "Cajun Cruncher” now…I’ll be able to send more info on our activities by fax or phone later.