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Brooklyn Daily
Borough wide
Anchors aweigh!
Brooklyn’s very own tar (that’s “sailor” to you landlubbers) is headed south — to Antarctica.
Chief Equipment Operator Samuel Acosta of Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1, is one of 40 Seabees assigned to this mission in support of Operation Deep Freeze.
“I have seven years of cargo-handling experience,” Acosta said. “During my time off, I plan on visiting some of the historic sites at McMurdo Station, such as Scott’s Discovery Hut, which was created in January 1902 and later used by famed explorer Ernest Shackleton in 1909. To see some of the original stuff on display really takes you back in time.”
Even though he is going in the summer season, the temperatures don’t go much higher than 32 degrees Fahrenheit, so our pal must really love the cold, because this is his fifth trip to the land of ice and penguins.
Standing O wishes seaman Acosta a very safe journey and says, “Stay warm now, and don’t forget that parka and extra thermal undies.”