Christmas, like Thanksgiving, was another long awaited-for break in the monotony of work here at the South Pole. Because they didn’t want to detract from the Centennial celebration and the visit of the Norwegian Prime Minister, we were forced to wait till about a week before Christmas before any decorations were put up. Normally, back [...]
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Spoolhenge
Another little oddity of the South Pole… on the outskirts of the station, in a desolate area aptly referred to as the End of the World, there is a huge, monolithic arrangement of empty cable spools. They call the creation Spoolhenge for a good reason. The spools came from the host of science experiments operating [...]
A Day at the Pole
Life for us here at the pole is probably not as exotic or glamorous as one may think. It certainly has its moments of intrigue and surprise, but most of the time it is just a normal, work-a-day existence. Not that I am complaining, far from it- Kacey and I both are still more than [...]