32 hrs later....

I arrive in Christchurch. I departed on a cold, sunny winter day in Madison and come into a warm, rainy summer day in New Zealand. What a contrast.
 

I see tourists and leisure travelers everywhere. I am surprised to hear so many European languages so far away from home.  Germans seem to be everywhere. As we approach the gate at CHC I see the US Air Force planes and the hangar with the US NSF Antarctic sign. This is where I will be departing in a couple of days to head further South ....to McMurdo Station in Antarctica.