2000 Team

Steve Arcone Ben Cavallari Markus Frey Gordon Hamilton Cobi Harris Paul Mayewski Steve Niles David Schneider Christopher Shuman Zach Smith Leigh Sterans Brian Welch Mark Wumkes Bert Yankielun Bob Zook

Bob Zook
Communications Technician

I was a last minute addition to the ITASE expedition. My job is Communications Technician, and I will be working with the GOES satellite system. I have been coming to Antarctica since 1997. To date I have 6 seasons on the ice (:besides the summers, one winter and one spring) including one season on board the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer. I am just finishing up a 14 months stint, August '99 to December '00. This was my first winter over. As they say down here, "It wasn't my biggest mistake but it was my longest one." I loved doing a winter, I don't need to do it again, but it was incredible.

I hail from Aspen Colorado where previous to my Antarctic adventures I was heavily involved with the Mountain Rescue team for the last 17 years. Helping people and giving them a second chance to live is the most fulfilling thing that I have ever done in my life. I also have studied medicine, emergency first aid and technical rope rescue.

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