Antarctica -- October-November 2010

Valerie was extremely hard-working, flooding us with information about the places we were visiting -- and this was over and above the large amount of information the ship provided (in writing and in lectures) once the cruise segment began. Also, Valerie was always bright, perky, and enthuastic -- a pleasure to be around.

(17 Nov 2010)

Trip was an escorted tour with Vantage Travel (Agency). This is Valerie Martin, the Vantage “Program Manager” (the tour escort).

Somewhat south of the building we were in when this photo was taken is a tower given to Argentina by Great Britain around 1910, for the centennial of Argentina’s independence. For many years it was called the British Tower. After the war with Britain over the Malvinas (or Falkland Islands), the tower was converted to a memorial for Angentinans killed in that war. The tower has been renamed something like Memorial Tower.