A Special Moment

22nd March, 2008

My biggest concern when leaving Bellingshausen was that the amazing seven people I had spent so long with would be separated among 70 strangers once we joined the 2008 IAE Expedition on the MV Ushuaia and continued down the Antarctic Peninsula for the next 10 days.

I also thought that I would be spending all my time trying to get people to understand what we were doing there, but in reality, everyone here not only understands it but loves it.

Americans, Russians, Australians, Koreans, people from 25 different nationall agreeing on one point: That renewable energy is the only way forward.

I can’t think of a time when so many nations agreed on one issue and wanted to take action, and if we’ve only inspired these 70 people, then that’s enough for me, because these 70 people will then go away and inspire another 70 people and they in turn will inspire more.

And all these little changes make huge ripples. Some people will look at what I’ve done and think I was mad. It was hard, but I hope my small actions have inspired this first group of 70 people, and hopefully some of you out there, reading this message.

In my eyes, this was a job well done…

Comments (2 Comments)

  1. Dear Russell,

    Congratulations on a job well done. I have been thinking about Renewable energy’s for years. And where planning to at-least get some of my appliances at home work on renewables. Your achievement has inspired me to take action and very soon I will have all the computers in my workshop running on Solar/wind.

    Thanks again for an inspiring job well done!!

    Michael

    Posted by Michael Copini (ez) on 03/22/08, 2:09 pm

  2. Russ its been amazing to follow what you’ve been doing with the rest of the team in Antarctica. Know for sure that it has inspired us and we are passing on the message. Kirsty and the boys have been with us today and are so looking forward to you coming home, Elliot has been marking of days on a ‘Dadvent’ calendar. The pictures and videos are awe inspiring and I would love to see them transmitted to everyone on national tv so that all could share the experience. Thank you and very well done.

    Hazel and Graham

    Posted by Graham and Hazel on 03/24/08, 9:38 am

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