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Station Closing and BeyondWell the past two weeks have been a lot different than I’d expected. Things have changed tremendously in the 16 months since I was last here, mostly for the better. The biggest change of course is that people are now living and eating in the new station. This means that the social center is not [...]
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On the ice again!I arrived back at the Pole last Friday. There was the usual day of acclimation, where I just felt tired and lethargic all evening. Luckily I adapted pretty quickly, and I felt about a million times better the next day. This place has changed quite a bit since the last time. The most significant change [...]
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People invasion!Well, it finally happened. The winter season is finally over, and we’ve had our first flights. We were supposed to get our first new people on the 23rd of October, but due to weather and mechanical problems, they didn’t show up till Saturday. Since then our station population has gone from a cozy 51 to [...]
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The end is upon us
Heya everyone, long time, no talk!
I just wanted to drop a quick note to say hi, and let you guys know about a few things that have been happening lately.
 First, we finally hit the -100 mark about a week ago, and of course that meant it was time for the 300 club. For [...]
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Happy 4th!Greetings from the land of the longest night!
I hope this finds everyone getting ready to enjoy a great 4th of July back home. We’ve got several plans of our own cooked up down here. We’re throwing a huge party in the garage, with as much stuff to remind us of home as possible. I [...]
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Six Months, Six Months, Six Months Well, we’ve had a bunch of six month markers happening recently. April 8th marked six months since I left the states, April 23rd was six months since I arrived at the Pole, April 25th marked six months till the next plane, and May 14th will be six months till I should be done training my [...]
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We’re closedOr, as the NSF wants us to say, “the station has begun winter operationsâ€. What that really means though is that the last plane has left, and we won’t see another one until mid to late October. We actually had two “last flightsâ€, so the whole experience was a bit anticlimactic. All the people that [...]
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Back from vacationHeya all,Well, I’m back from sunny McMurdo, and back to freezing my tail off down here. McMurdo was awesome. The weather was in the high 30s to the mid 40s. That’s above zero! The polies were wandering around wearing jeans and t-shirts while the McMurdo natives were still bundled up in their parkas. Those guys [...]
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We’ve been invaded by Russians!Yep, that’s right, last week we were invaded by a group of about 14 Russians. They arrived here on an old Anataov 3 bi-plane intending to check out the station for about 4 or 5 hours and then head for the Patriot Hills base on the coast near Chile. It was quite the collection of [...]
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Happy Holidays from the South PoleHello everyone! Here’s hoping that all of you have managed to hide your misdeeds from Santa this year so that you end up with more than just coal in your stocking. Today is Christmas day at the pole, and it’s been very cool.  The station has been decorated with holiday stuff, presents have been exchanged, Christmas [...]
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