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Where’s Your Bridge? At long last, Antarctica — and Easter Island

The Acton Bridge has returned to Antarctica — and this time, someone remembered to take a picture! The flag… err, paper… has been planted by John Lombard, retired senior pastor at TriCon Church, Acton Center, and Janet Lombard, retired World Language teacher at the Bromfield School in Harvard. The couple took an epic journey to the bottom of the world, pausing at Easter Island before posing on the bow of the Viking Expedition ship Octantis on Astrolabe Bay, Antarctica. Last year, the furthermost south crown was captured by former Select Board member Stan Black with an asterisk — he claimed

John and Janet Lombard read the latest news from Acton on the bow of the Viking Expedition ship Octantis on Astrolabe Bay, Antarctica.
John and Janet Lombard pause at Easter Island with The Acton Bridge on the way to Antarctica.

The Acton Bridge has returned to Antarctica — and this time, someone remembered to take a picture!

The flag… err, paper… has been planted by John Lombard, retired senior pastor at TriCon Church, Acton Center, and Janet Lombard, retired World Language teacher at the Bromfield School in Harvard. The couple took an epic journey to the bottom of the world, pausing at Easter Island before posing on the bow of the Viking Expedition ship Octantis on Astrolabe Bay, Antarctica.

Last year, the furthermost south crown was captured by former Select Board member Stan Black with an asterisk — he claimed the thrill of seeing penguins in their natural habitat distracted him from the all-important photo with The Acton Bridge.

Where do you read your Bridge? Whether at home, around town, or on vacation with the family, we want to see you with the paper and put you on the map! Send your photos (the larger the better — if it’s too small to reprint, it will only go on the map) to [email protected].

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