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The 300 club is a South Pole tradition where when the temperature outside drops below -100F we crank the sauna up to +200F and run naked from there to the geographic pole. I’d done it two years ago during my last trip down here, and today was my opportunity to do it again.
The temperature [...]

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It has finally happened! The first half of the year is over, and the 2nd half is well on its way. The galley staff did it’s usual amazing job, and the place never looked better. We stuffed ourselves with appetizers and cocktails, followed up by the main course of lobster and beef. After dinner the [...]

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The Staff of Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station would like to cordially invite you to the 2004 Midwinter festivities to be held on Monday, June 21, 2004.

Fine dining provided in the South Pole Galley.

Traditional midwinter viewing of "The Shining" starring Jack Nicholson.

Live entertainment courtesy of the station band "Kevin Van Hendrix", formerly known as "The [...]

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What a weekend! Saturday night we had a no-talent show that was part of the station’s way of saying "Thanks" to the galley staff for doing their job every day. Suprisingly, there was a lot of hidden talent among the people down here. Highlights included a bunch of singers, a puppet show [...]

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It’s been a fairly busy month, but you wouldn’t know it from the lack of activity on here! Time this season is just flying by…It really doesn’t seem like I’ve let a month go by without an update.
The most exciting thing recently has been the sky. I’ve never seen such amazing auroras! Even though [...]

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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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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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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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People have been bugging me to update, so here goes! It’s been a busy past month. When I last wrote anything I was gripping about people’s tendancy to isolate themselves in their room. Well, I’m happy to report that as the season has progressed, the social environment has greatly improved. People are getting comfortable with [...]

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Well 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 [...]