About

I'm Terrance. I'm a facilities engineer for the United States Antarctic Program, and I was the 1,756th person to winter over at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. As of writing, I'm currently deployed to McMurdo Station for another austral winter.

Wintering in Antarctica is something few people ever do. It's cold, dark, and about as remote as life gets. It's also beautiful in a way that's hard to explain, and these photos are my attempt to capture a sliver of it. Besides, being stuck at a small station with nowhere to go leaves plenty of time to build a website.

Fair warning: I'm not a web developer, and this is my first site. I bought my camera just before deploying, so my best photos are still ahead of me. I'll also be adding shots from earlier travels, including plenty from underwater. I'm a certified divemaster and have a few hundred logged dives. Those older shots are phone and dive-camera photos, more for the stories than for prints.

More sections will appear as interests seize me. First up: a Gear page with what I actually use and stand by, and a Hikes page to document the trips that put that gear to the test.

Every photo here was shot on a real trip, in real weather, usually a long way from a road. If one of these images stays with you, I'd love to hear about it. A small number of prints will be available soon.

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