First dive!

I did my first dive in Antarctica today! It was pretty incredible and totally totally freezing. I am, without a doubt, the cold wimp on the team. It sucks being the wimp, but you are what you are and I am not warm under there. That said, I think there are some simple things I can to to keep my body a bit warmer in the 27 degree water. I'll need to dive again (Saturday) to see if that helps! We are working from 7:30am until about 10pm so I am exhausted and will leave these pictures to tell the story so I can go to bed.

My good luck charm - a sweet juvenile Weddell seal was using our dive hole for a breathing hole right before our dive. Damn cute.

Getting geared up (me in blue and black, John in black and purple)

That is my head in the hole! Just about to go down....

This is the TUCKER - the cool tracked truck that we get to drive around on the sea ice. Henry and Jackson - I get to drive this! Am I am cool Aunt or what? =)