These weird stacked snow boulders appeared out by the RF satellite buildings over a grave shift one night.
They were big.
Almost big enough to hide a loader, but not quite.
I can still see you.
December 16, 2011
South Pole Centennial Photo Extravaganza!
As promised, here is a glut of photos from the Centennial and the days preceding it.
Tourists camping on hardened sastrugi and skiing for transportation and recreation:
Polar Solar:
The ceremony sound guy:
Video in –25F:
The ceremony itself:
The unveiling of the ice bust of Amundsen:
The press:
The fashion:
And the celebration:
We went inside to get ready for the cocktail hour in the gym and the special dinner in the conference room.
Sydney Clewe, Dining Assistant by day and Graphic Designer/Artist by night, painted this amazing canvas mural especially for the dinner (as always, click to enlarge):
The night went perfectly and the dinner was divine (I tested everything, especially the julekake, which brought me back to childhood Christmases).
Kitchen staff, waitstaff and runners:
Antarctic waitress brigade:
December 12, 2011
Sledding!
This is how we sled at South Pole: on cargo banana sleds, down a hill made by a tracked loader with waste snow that is in transit, waiting to be pushed out of the way.
December 9, 2011
The Norwegians are Coming…
The Norwegian Press began to arrive today: the centennial is only five days away!
Here are some historical photos to get you excited.
