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Medical Adventures: Reflections On Pacific Diving
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Friday, July 31, 2009. Reflections On Pacific Diving. Sperm Whale photographed by Officer Mark Ervin at Gea Pass. Octopi, and the usual variety of reef flora and fauna. The water temperature is a comfortable 85 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm actually warm wearing just a Lycra dive skin. Some people dive just in shorts and a short sleeved "rash guard". Receives the tank pressure directly from the sending unit. A...
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Medical Adventures: PCS Party
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. And, did I mention the food? Good start. keep blogging! August 4, 2011 at 4:51 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Following Antarctica I embarked on an entirely different experience. In June 2009 I moved to Kwajalein in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea. There I served as the...Women Wor...
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Medical Adventures: June 2009
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Monday, June 22, 2009. My First Dive on Kwaj. Mike oriented me to the tank house. There are hundreds of scuba tanks in numbered racks. Each tank has a number and it goes into the rack slot that matches its number. We tested our tanks for a full fill and loaded them into Mike's Tipke Foldit Cart. With Bike Trailer Attachment. Off to Emon Beach we rode. Emon (I'm told it means "good" in Marshallese. Littering ...
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Medical Adventures: Halloween on Kwajalein
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Saturday, October 31, 2009. Halloween is a BIG DEAL on Kwajalein. In the morning the preschoolers came to the hospital in their costumes. How cute! Marshallese and American children dress up and go trick or treating throughout the housing areas. They are adorable and so excited. I've put up a web album. Of all the photos of the children in their costumes. I think you will get a smile from seeing them. Follow...
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Medical Adventures: March 2011
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Monday, March 28, 2011. Is in far northwest North Dakota. It is the epicenter of an oil-industry boom. There are about 170 active drilling rigs and thousands of producing wells. Seems that the industry developed a cost-effective way to extract oil from shale. Williston lies in a region known as the Bakken Formation. Are some internet photos of Williston. Is an independent private practice group of outstandin...
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Medical Adventures: The Adventure Ends
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Thursday, September 23, 2010. Well, as the saying goes, "All good things must come to an end." So it is with my tenure on Kwajalein. I enjoy my work, the people I work with, and the place I live. So it will be a bittersweet experience to leave the Marshall Islands. There are some international opportunities for which I am qualified. Right now, they are recruiting for Beijing and Shanghai (China) and Sing...
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Medical Adventures: December 2008
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Tuesday, December 23, 2008. I just received confirmation that I will be spending a week in January at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Tonight is Christmas Eve. I am on call tonight and tomorrow. Our Hanukkah party two days ago was fun and well attended. The food included such favorites as latkes. With applesauce, smoked nova lox, challah, Hanukkah Gelt. Friday, December 19, 2008. The McMurdo community...
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Medical Adventures: Fireworks on Kwaj
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Saturday, July 4, 2009. Today it is the Fourth Of July on Kwajalein. It was a full and delightful day. It started with surgery this morning, but after that it got much better. Sounds like a great 4th! Glad that the sea sickness medicine worked. You probably will have a tan like you have never had before in your life. Enjoy! July 4, 2009 at 6:00 PM. What a fabulous 4th you had! July 8, 2009 at 1:22 PM. Follow...
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Medical Adventures: May 2009
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One physician's experience of providing medical care in Antarctica and on a South Pacific Island. Tuesday, May 19, 2009. After leaving the Ice I toured the south island of New Zealand and went scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef. Since returning to the US, I have been thawing out looking for my next big adventure. That's why the name of this blog was changed to Medical Adventures from Medical Ice. Next month I move to the South Pacific. I will be living and working on the island of Kwajalein. Followin...