Kansas campus minister to go to Antarctica
December 30, 2018
BALDWIN CITY, Kan. (AP) — A minister from a private Christian university in Kansas has been selected for a two-month deployment as a chaplain at a research center in Antarctica.
Baker University campus minister Kevin Hopkins will head out Jan. 2 for the assignment at McMurdo Station, The Lawrence Journal-World reported. The base houses about 1,000 National Science Foundation researchers, as well as military personnel who maintain the facility.
Hopkins said he'll first undergo a two-day orientation at Christchurch, New Zealand, where he'll receive gear needed for the extreme cold. While tempera...
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