King George Island Research Facility

Yesterday the weather did not cooperate as much as it has in the last few days. We were supposed to go to another beach . . . more penguins . .. . called Deception Island but it was too windy and therefore too rough so they did not allow us to go. It was particularly disappointing because Courtney, Lauren and Dad were planning to try the "polar dip" at Pendulum Cove. Instead The World was diverted to King George Island where 9 different countries have research stations. We visited the Chilean research station. They even had a souvenir shop! We bought a few postcards. The Russian research station was right next door. Anousheh Ansari apprached a Russian researcher and started speaking Russian. They were quite surprised and then really surprised when they realized that she had been "the celebrity" who had been up on the Russian space capsule. They rushed around to get her picture.


Little Dallas' preferred mode of transportation!.
Only 39 inhabitants at the Chilean base.
A neat pole with many international cities listed and their distance (in kilometers) from this base.
A picture of the world from a hill at the base.