Made it to NZ!

I made the long journey to Christchurch! My travels went about as smooth as they could, thankfully. I have been walking around here a bit and have had a chance to see a fair amount of the damage from the earthquake that happened earlier this year. It is pretty amazing and saddening to see it all. I have been meeting lots of fun and interesting new people in my group heading down the Ice. I'm really looking forward to meeting more!

I go to get my ECW (extreme weather gear) here in a few hours. I will try to bring my camera with so I can get some pictures! I'm also hoping to take a trip to the botanic gardens afterwards, so I should be able to share some of the sites with you! I have somehow managed to forget it on my recent wandering escapades so no picture just yet!

Off to the Ice tomorrow, couldn't be more excited!

On my way out.

Sorry it has been a bit since my first post, but I have been crazy busy! I had a great time traveling through Moab, GJ, and Aspen! 

Sarah and I went the Chromeo concert in Aspen.  It may have been the best show I have been to, they killed it!

Golfing in GJ. Photo DD

Look at that form! Photo DD

 Went golfing while in Junction with my Mom, Chuck, and Sarah. We had a blast! It was Sarah's first time and she did great! My Mom was giving everyone a run for their money. Good work!

Hiking with Sarah and Tom. Photo DD

 I have been super busy trying to get ready to leave the country and prepare to work in one of the more extreme places on Earth. It has been a bit overwhelming to be honest. Trying to get everything together has been a bit interesting.

A portion of my pile. Photo DD

I am at the Raytheon Polar Services headquarters in Centennial, CO now. Attended my first day of orientation. Learned a bit more about the program and met some great people! If you are curious and want to learn a little about the United States Antarctic Program jump over to their website. You can also look at their live webcam to see what it looks like there as well as the current temperature. Looks like it is -2 with a windchill of -22 as I am writing this! Toasty! haha

I am getting super excited to start my journey to McMurdo. I fly out of Denver tomorrow afternoon. My first stop will be LAX where I catch my long flight to Auckland, NZ. From Auckland I will have a quick flight down to Christchurch where I will be for a couple nights. During my stay there I will be getting my ECW (extreme cold weather gear). I am scheduled to fly down to the Ice on the 21st.

It has been really hard the last few days saying all of my goodbye's. It was great to see everyone and I will miss you all!

Hello!

My name is Dacre. In this blog I will share my adventures and interests. I'm not really sure where to start, but I'm going to Antarctica and I want to have a place to share photos and experiences I have while I'm there- and other adventures in my future. In between my adventures I hope to share with you things that I am passionate about.


My last junket before my plunge to the deep south is bringing me through Moab, Grand Junction, and Aspen.

Porcupine Rim, Moab. Photo by: Dacre Dunn

I hope you find my future words and photos to be interesting and inspiring.

Dacre