Monthly Archives: April 2004

Yuri’s Night

Yesterday was our annual Yuri’s night celebration. Yuri’s night is a party to celebrate the first human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin back in 1961. Apparently it’s been celebrated at the Pole for at least the past four years. We did it during my last time down here on Radio Dart’s night, but...

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Another Weekend in Paradise!

The past weekend was a lot of fun down here. It started out great on Friday night when we finally won our first game in the inter-station darts tournament. We started the season kinda slow, but practice helps, and the south pole team won two out of five games. It was great...

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Getting into a routine

Winter is definitely here! It’s been averaging around -85F for the past week, which isn’t as bad as it sounds. The sky has been extremely clear which has led to a really great sunset. We had a contest down here where we had to guess the exact time that the sun would be seen for...

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