A bit of fun after a long week.



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more of the same



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ha!
nice...

Extremely Cool!

Heh. Jeans weather at the South Pole.

The Man conquers the pole, ha!

Is that metal ball the geographical pole marker? Is that a dent I see on it?

And if so what does that say about the world, man!?!?

Ok. The reading is cool, the author is cool but was it really necessary to go to a freezing place to make your point ??? !!!

Well, once you've been down here a while you get somewhat used to the temperatures and can shed some layers. It was about -25F with 14-knot winds when I got these pics taken on Sunday, which put the windchill at around -50F. It wasn't the most comfortable temperature/clothing combination, but I was only outside for 20 minutes or so.

The shiny globe, with a dent in it, is the ceremonial pole marker. If you look in the first picture there is a small pole with a brass top just to my left. That's the actual geographical pole marker.

I definitely had other motivations to come here for 13 months besides taking these pictures, but wanted to read the book and didn't have time before I deployed. You have to make your own entertainment down here, and this seemed like it would be an interesting way to spend a half-hour!

The week before some Star Wars fans, including me, got together and took photos in a jedi robe and wielding a lightsaber. The pics all got photoshopped together, and the organizer is going to try and get it sent in to Star Wars Insider (or some such fan mag).

I would go there for one year. I'd probably get a lot of work done.

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Originally posted by CuspTech:I definitely had other motivations to come here for 13 months

Care to share?

Let's see, motivations (in no particular order):

Remove myself from the rat race

Add my name to the list of <1,200 people who have spent a winter at SP

See the aurora australis

Feel what -100F is like

Work with science on the Ice

Get good long-duration isolation experience that is applicable to manned spaceflight

Leave the Ice again, find myself in the Antipodes, and get to take another great trip back to my side of the globe

Free room & board

Good food

Good company

Clean air

Why not?

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Originally posted by CuspTech:
Let's see, motivations (in no particular order):

Remove myself from the rat race

Add my name to the list of <1,200 people who have spent a winter at SP

See the aurora australis

Feel what -100F is like

Work with science on the Ice

Get good long-duration isolation experience that is applicable to manned spaceflight

Leave the Ice again, find myself in the Antipodes, and get to take another great trip back to my side of the globe

Free room & board

Good food

Good company

Clean air

Why not?

Are you able to save a fair amount of money while there as well?

Yeah, there' not a lot of opportuity to spend money while on the Ice. In particular, if you don't drink alcohol or are prohibited from doing so by being on-call 24/7 (like I am for my two jobs here) there really isn't much to spend your paycheck on besides souvenirs.

You mean Amazon Prime won't deliver there!?

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Originally posted by CuspTech:
Yeah, there' not a lot of opportuity to spend money while on the Ice. In particular, if you don't drink alcohol or are prohibited from doing so by being on-call 24/7 (like I am for my two jobs here) there really isn't much to spend your paycheck on besides souvenirs.

What do they call you for?

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Originally posted by Fashionpolice:
You mean Amazon Prime won't deliver there!?