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Flying out on a C-130 "Hercules" |
Yesterday I flew out of Antarctica in a C-130 (see photo), to Christchurch, New Zealand. It was an 8 hour flight, and very loud!
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Coffee House - Wine Bar |
I never did make it to the South Pole, really bad weather canceled all flights this last week, and that was that.
It has been a most incredible tour, great ministry, amazing people...but I was there only a short time really. I was able to visit... and experience a world and culture (yes McMurdo has a culture all its own!) that is just so different than any place in the world. It is absolutely unique.
See the photo (below) I snapped before I boarded the C-130. We were on the ice runway, on the frozen ocean! I am looking at Mt Erebus, an active volcano, not too far from McMurdo Station. When I first saw it, it had smoke coming out of the top! It is the word's most southern active volcano, and is over 12,000 ft high.
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Mt. Erebus from the Ice runway |
Interesting spiritual thoughts to reflect upon in our own lives.....What life lies 'beneath'? What is in, or going on in our own lives...but we may not be seeing? First appearances can be deceiving....
Many people touched my life there in McMurdo. One man said to me as we talked, telling me of the reactions people gave him back in his home town when he told them he was going to McMurdo Station, Antarctica for 6 months to work. That "what?" look (you know, that sort of annoyed look people give when they don't understand) and say "Why?" or "There's nothing down there!"
Oh yes there is!
I had similar responses too. One response I got was, "What? People don't go to Antarctica!!
Oh yes they do!!
Many people touched my life there in McMurdo. One man said to me as we talked, telling me of the reactions people gave him back in his home town when he told them he was going to McMurdo Station, Antarctica for 6 months to work. That "what?" look (you know, that sort of annoyed look people give when they don't understand) and say "Why?" or "There's nothing down there!"
Oh yes there is!
I had similar responses too. One response I got was, "What? People don't go to Antarctica!!
Oh yes they do!!
Yes, I will be processing this experience for many months and many years to come!
Bye bye Antarctica!
you know that wasn't my reaction...i thought it was cool as shit!
ReplyDeleteYes Claire, others did think it was cool too! But you should have seen the faces I got form the one's that didn't think it was so cool! :-)
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