Heading South, again...

So we took a year off to have a baby (Cosimo was born Nov. 17, 2008), and now the blog is taking on a second author (i.e., me)... I head to New Zealand via Sydney tonight to begin my 13th field season studying Ross Island's Adélie Penguins. I have very mixed feelings - very much looking forward to the beauty and adventure of Crozier, but also very sad to be apart from Viola and Cosimo for 6+ weeks. Plus I'm going to have to deal with all the logistics at McMurdo without Viola's help this time. Yikes.




















The reason for our Antarctic hiatus...(photo by Viola)