After Trump's election, this U.S. leader got as far away as possible

As America came to grips with the upset electoral victory of Donald J. Trump for president, Secretary of State John Kerry — himself a former presidential candidate — was as far away from Washington as humanly possible.
On Thursday, Kerry became the highest-ranking U.S. official ever to visit Antarctica. He traveled to McMurdo Station, which is operated by the National Science Foundation. Kerry is getting a firsthand glimpse of the effects of climate change in Antarctica and the scien