My
name is Lawrence Rodrigues but please call me Larry. When I was
a little kid (born 1933) living on an almond ranch in Antioch, California, one of my favorite
books was "Little America" by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the polar explorer.
I studied the many pictures over and over, dreaming of doing what
he did. Well, my dreams came true about going to the Arctic to explore --
and I didn't have to endure the hardships that Byrd did. As far as the exploration
went, what I saw was new only to me. The Arctic territory I covered was already well
traveled by real explorers in the earlier part of the 20th century. But I got
to see their mark and travel in their tracks. That was really exciting to
me.
My year in the Arctic was very comfortable and enjoyable thanks to the U. S. Air Force. Because of the extreme weather conditions
and hazards there, a special kind of comradeship developed between most people.
My circle of friends included Danish and Americans with similar interests
in exploring the awesome raw natural beauty of the area. I am very grateful
for the special circumstances that made that year possible for me to
live my childhood dreams with such good friends.
I have had my boxes of Greenland
pictures since 1968 and really wanted to share them with any others who were interested
in them. This fantastic Internet and the world wide web has made that possible
now. I hope you found my pictures interesting and enjoyed the electronic
trip.
I am now retired from my 20 years in the military
and also 20 years of teaching electronics at a California community college. I am very
much enjoying life still and am very active exploring the electronic virtual
world on the web from the comfort of my home in Sacramento, California. The
main hazards for this type exploration are corrupted files, a shortage of
RAM and sudden power outages. These things I am willing to endure because
this type exploration is so fantastically interesting and is never ending.
Someday I may not respond to my e-mail and the search parties may find only
the skeletal remains of me at my computer. Should that happen, maybe this
and my other web pages will be a monument to my explorations into the
cyberworld.
I would be delighted to hear your comments
and where you are now.
Thanks for the visit.
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My
name is Lawrence Rodrigues but please call me Larry. When I was
a little kid (born 1933) living on an almond ranch in Antioch, California, one of my favorite
books was "Little America" by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, the polar explorer.
I studied the many pictures over and over, dreaming of doing what
he did. Well, my dreams came true about going to the Arctic to explore --
and I didn't have to endure the hardships that Byrd did. As far as the exploration
went, what I saw was new only to me. The Arctic territory I covered was already well
traveled by real explorers in the earlier part of the 20th century. But I got
to see their mark and travel in their tracks. That was really exciting to
me.
