Panorama view of Stanley...

capital city of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. It feels like a slice of the United Kingdom here, and I have yet to meet anyone who is eager for liberation by the Argentinians (a reference to the 1982 conflict)!

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Priorities at EWU...

I just received this very disappointing information from the curator of the gallery at EWU:

Good afternoon, Dr. Buchanan, 

I wanted to share with you that the EWU Downtown Student Gallery will be closing its doors this June 2019, and will not be able to host your exhibition fall quarter of 2019. While I was very excited to host this exhibit, given the university’s current budget situation, it has been decided to close the gallery.

Thank you so much for your support and I wish you well.

Sincerely,

Beth  

I bet the athletics program at EWU continues to receive full support!

First landing at Fort Point...

on this second voyage to Antarctica. Here we are on Greenwich Island in the Shetland Island group, arriving on a pebble tombolo beach populated by fur seals and gentoo and chinstrap penguins.

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“JD,” our expedition leader, expressing joy at Fort Point.  Life is good!

“JD,” our expedition leader, expressing joy at Fort Point. Life is good!

Returning to Ushuaia...

following a terrific 18 day long voyage to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica. The guests will depart tomorrow and the ship reprovisioned, welcoming new guests aboard later in the day with a return to Antarctica.

Rejuvenation, not retirement...

is a more positive way of thinking about my new focus in life. Here I am in Gold Harbour on South Georgia celebrating this wonderful exploration of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.

Bertrand Glacier and me!

Bertrand Glacier and me!

Sedimentary sandstones consisting of a series of stacked turbidites.

Sedimentary sandstones consisting of a series of stacked turbidites.

Expedition staff member Ingrid Nixon, who took the images of me shown above.

Expedition staff member Ingrid Nixon, who took the images of me shown above.

Telefon Bay on Deception Island...

was the site of phreatomagmatic eruptions in 1967, 1969 and 1970. Since then, a glacier is advancing into one of the maar craters formed during the explosive eruptions.

Another day at the office at Whaler’s Bay in the Deception Island caldera.

Another day at the office at Whaler’s Bay in the Deception Island caldera.