This might seem a bit unusual (in fact, there are many unusual aspects of this photo). When your life for a month revolves around one small lab crowded with equipment and tired workers, all in constant motion, extreme measures are needed to maintain sanity. Enter Sheila. Sheila is more than a leg coddled in a red snude with a fern growing out of her. She is a constant reminder that it is not worth losing a leg over science. Sheila was part of a science test "smarty" (for she was no dummy) used to test the aggressiveness of Antarctic predators. Peter Horne rescued her leg and gave her a home.
Picture by Heidi Geisz; caption from Dr. Joseph Gyzymski ("JoeG").
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