4th anniversary to the bottom of the world and Christchurch, New Zealand

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hey guys
fyi
in less than 3 months i will be on my way again the the ice (antarctica) and Christchurch, New Zealand (south pacific’s NYC!!!)
and i will rack up ~20k more miles on american airlines frequent flyer program!!! which will bring the total to over 60k without me spending 1c on it except for my taxes lol

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damn hook a brother up

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maybe i will ;D

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o and 91 teg, i will try my best to find a penguin and try to stow it away on one of the plans till the end of the season which is mid feb :lol

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OH!!! Joe is gonna want a penguin too, please! ;D

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well they do sell stuffed penguins lol!!!

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good deal, but 60K flying miles isn’t that much. Two tickets to florida just cost me 50K flyer miles. But it’s better than nothing and it’s much better for you since you haven’t spent any money to get the 60K.

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What the hell do you do that you get to go to goddamn Antarctica?

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benny, where have u been ;D
im in the air national guard/air force out of scotia our base is one of 2 bases that go to NZ but we are the only one’s that go to antarctica since we have ski’s on our c-130’s but there is the weekly flt of a c-17 that goes to a specific spot to land and t.o.

and i work 12hr shifts-6days a week

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What is the ‘work’?

Counting penguins? Building igloos?

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working on the c-130 t56-15a engines since thats what i signed up for lol

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well i put a small part of my tax money along with every other taxpayer for the tickets but fyi the plane ticket alone is about 2500-3k round-trip and flying time including layovers is approx 29-30hrs
the flt from LAX->Auckland is 12-3hrs alone!!!

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I thought Antarctica melted?

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not yet
but its getting there the temps been getting warmer but ive never seen a blizzard like the ones i see down there!!!
o and the south pole gets warmer too every winter(their summer) the year before last it was -44F last year it was -33F without the wind factored in!!!

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anybody else want anything from NZ or Antarctica???
let me know on here and/or at the lot

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HAHAHAHAHA i got dibs on any penguin or penguins that come back

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Ill take a polar bear.
Nobody would fuck with me walking a polar bear down the street on a leash.

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No polar bears in Antarctica :rofl

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Since when?

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Since forever? They couldn’t be farther from each other actually :rofl