Had lunch with Felice today. She and Bob did a 'practice' pack. For our flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia we are limited to one checked bag weighing no more than 33-pounds, and one carry-on weighing no more than 11-pounds. Felice's checked bag was three pounds over, to which Bob commented, "Do you really need three hats?"
As Felice says - they are now 11 wake-ups from leaving, and I am 12. As it gets closer it becomes more real and less real all at the same time. It is exciting, nerve-wracking, scary, and many other emotions. Will write again when I get to my 'practice' pack - probably not before the end of this week.
Nearly twenty years ago, when HMS Endurance pulled into Port Everglades, the seed was planted for this adventure. Since Endurance I have been drawn to that frozen part of our planet, the creatures who call it home, and the stories of the men and women who have walked there. Deep inside where dreams are born I knew one day I would travel to the place some have called White South. I hope that you will come along with me on this exciting adventure. Judi (a/k/a TheWanderingJu)
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Antarctica Reading ~ And Other Adventures
- Endurance by Alfred Lansing ~ Antarctica (An incredible book that will keep you spellbound)
- Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins ~ Alaska
- Miles From Nowhere by Barbara Savage ~ Cycling
- South by Ernest Shackleton ~ Antarctica
- The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic by Gay & Laney Salisbury ~ Alaska
- Touching My Father's Soul by Jamling Tenzing Norgay ~ Everest
- Two In The Far North by Margaret E. Murie ~ Alaska