This was fun and educational Melanie. One of my sons served in the USN for a brief stint. He and I have had many fun discussions about his life-changing experience. While the US military attempts to build cohesiveness there are still branch rivalries. The US Navy Seabees are special. The build out of Camp McMurdo is one of their finest missions. While not the same scale, remote travel is interesting. Some of my friends are avid fishermen. They often share when you go up to Northern Minnesota and experience the BWCA or Canada's Quetico you may be fishing in a lake no one has been for generations. It sounds like Antarctica is all about tread lightly.
This is fascinating. It’s not just Antarctica that’s getting odd new breeds it’s everywhere. Last summer we had a terrible infestation of stink bugs in our area. They are indigenous to China and can be dormant for several months before swarming again.
I'm loving this inside story of research in Antarctica! I've never considered what plant/lichen life might exist there and how very fragile it is. Thank you for the connection (and link!) to the kauri trees - to think they're similar ages and just as impressive on their respective continents!
*mental note: add visiting kauri trees to bucket list*
This was fun and educational Melanie. One of my sons served in the USN for a brief stint. He and I have had many fun discussions about his life-changing experience. While the US military attempts to build cohesiveness there are still branch rivalries. The US Navy Seabees are special. The build out of Camp McMurdo is one of their finest missions. While not the same scale, remote travel is interesting. Some of my friends are avid fishermen. They often share when you go up to Northern Minnesota and experience the BWCA or Canada's Quetico you may be fishing in a lake no one has been for generations. It sounds like Antarctica is all about tread lightly.
This is fascinating. It’s not just Antarctica that’s getting odd new breeds it’s everywhere. Last summer we had a terrible infestation of stink bugs in our area. They are indigenous to China and can be dormant for several months before swarming again.
I'm loving this inside story of research in Antarctica! I've never considered what plant/lichen life might exist there and how very fragile it is. Thank you for the connection (and link!) to the kauri trees - to think they're similar ages and just as impressive on their respective continents!
*mental note: add visiting kauri trees to bucket list*
Thank you. Yes, kauri trees, truly special. And greatly under threat, I'm going to write about them at some stage because it's deeply sad.