All in all, it was a long trip. I am finally in my hotel room at Christchurch, after something like 43 hours of traveling. I missed my connection in Sydney, got rerouted through Auckland, and got in some 8 hours later than when I was scheduled to. I was lucky though: there was another snow storm coming through the midwest and I made it out of Madison AND St. Louis. Then I met another person going to the Pole in Sydney. It was great to have someone to travel with: no more lugging luggage into the bathroom :) He is a winter-over for the South Pole Telescope, and this will be his fifth time wintering over. Wow! Here is his website. He will be staying at South Pole at least until November. Unfortunately, he was not quite as lucky as me: his checked-in luggage didn't make it with us so he will have to wait a day or so to get his.
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