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Antarctica
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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Happy Thanksgiving from a fugitiveHowdy to everyone back in the states! Wow, I hadn’t realized just how long it’s been since I last sent out a dispatch. Since the last time I’ve written, we’ve had an amazing Halloween party, the station population has exploded to near full capacity, Thanksgiving has come and gone, and I’ve been quoted in the [...]
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Fire drills, power outages, and slushiesWell, life is starting to settle into some kind of a routine now. I’m starting to feel pretty comfortable with the way that turnover is going. There is a huge amount of information to absorb, but luckily my predecessor is staying a few days later than she originally intended. I’ve pretty much taken over the [...]
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It’s freezing and there’s no oxygenWell, it’s been a long couple of weeks since I’ve last written you guys, but it’s been quite eventful. I think I last said that I was about to go to the McMurdo station bar, and celebrate my 28th birthday. Well, I did, and I had a blast! I’ve known most of these people for [...]
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