Travel back in time to read the personal station logs from Palmer Station Manager Mike Rentel and Polar Duke Marine Projects Coordinator Karen Schmitt related to the 1989 grounding and sinking of the Bahia Paraiso. Mike and Karen have organized the blog postings by the original date in the logs. Please use the upper left hand menu to access the archive. This is a work in progress, we have a lot of stories, videos and photos to add.
SUNDAY DAY STARTED SLOW FOR NEARLY ALL OF US. CMDR HAD THE LOUNGE ALL CLEANED UP BY 0900. OFFICIAL STATION DAY OFF. WEATHER IMPROVED AND WE HAD SOME SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. WAS QUITE A BIT OF BOAT USAGE BUT HERB'S ATTEMPT AT SAILING WAS CUT SHORT. HOT TUB TEMP. WAS DOWN BUT SHOULD BE BACK UP TOMORROW. COMPUTER EDUCATION FOR ME. UP TILL 0400 PLAYING. DUKE GOT UNDERWAY STARTING GEOLOGY CRUISE THIS AFTERNOON.