Leaving

10/7/2003: Arriving

Katie's Commentary:

Phil just sent a short email home to say that yes, he has finally arrived in Antarctica, safe and sound, and yes, it's darn cold there!

9/25/2003 Email 1: Leaving

Hey friends,

...Attached is a picture Kate and I took trying to make a decent photo with while playing with our new camera. Kate doesn't have a twitchy eye or anything, it's her impression of Brad Pitt from "12 Monkeys". I was trying to getting a good self-timed picture, but as the camera was counting down, it toppled off the dainty support i had made for it trying to get the right angle, so i just picked it up and it took this picture, which ended up being the best of all of them. huh. Luna isn't taking growth hormones or anything, i put her picture in there later...

...i leave in less than a week, but won't make it to Antarctica until a week and a half or more, depending on weather, then i have to get acquainted with a computer and so on. so i may not have another picture to send for a while. the first thing i'm looking to photograph when i get there is a penguin.

take care all, and i'll talk to you later.

Phil