On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 7:24 AM, Rod Smallwood <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote: Lake Hoare, Dry Valleys, Antarctica, November, 1995, after I installed a Ritron "radio phone" and a dialup modem at the Field Camp... http://penguincentral.com/pics/gallery/hoare/camp.jpg http://penguincentral.com/pics/gallery/hoare/hoare1.jpg It's a one-hour helo ride from McMurdo, one of several Field Camps in the region. (There are 20 times the number of people who go to/through the South Pole each year than ever see the Dry Valleys, so that's not as "unusual", I'd say, but it's a runner-up) -ethan