The team have all arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina (the sourthern most city in world). Surrounded on three sides by mountains, and open on one to the Beagle Channel the scenery is very picturesque. The weather here can turn on a dime, being beautiful and sunny to miserably and wet.
Although our flights here were arduous (two redeyes and long lay overs), we have survived and arrived in good spirits. We met the rest of the expedition crew, 59 students in total from 29 Universities all over the world. The Carleton contingent has quite the representation here, only one other school is on par St. Andrews.
Everyone is full of enthusiasm for the journey that is to come. It´s unbelievable, surreal even, that it is so close. We had our first debrief where we met the entire crew, eveyone gave a short blurb about themselves and what they were most looking forward to(whales, penguins, icebergs, glaciers, and the dreaded drake passage were the top five).
Tomorrow is packed with lectures, a walking tour and preparations for our departure Wednesday afternoon.
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