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Antarctic Sunsets Part 5

April 11, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
The days have dragged on and on this week. For most of the week I couldn't figure out why the days suddenly seemed so much longer. I didn't know what suddenly changed.... Last weekend we "fell back an hour" to end daylight savings time. Between this, and the days becoming so much shorter, the sun now rises after I go to work and sets bef...
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Antarctica Sunsets Part 4

April 05, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Sun dips behind Hut Point and Scott's Hut on 4/3/13 There are only 18 sunsets left. I know those 18 days are going to fly by and many of them will be obscured by bad weather, but I already wish the sun was set. We're losing 16 minutes of daylight each day and it seems like such a long drawn out teaser for the darkness. The sea ice breaks...
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6 Months in Antarctica

March 31, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
I walked outside after tonight’s SAR training feeling overwhelmed by the need to organize so much training for the winter SAR team in the next few weeks. I stopped in my tracks because something was different. Yes, it was dark out, but it’s been getting dark at night for a few weeks now. The wind wasn’t blowing a hard as usual so I was able to take...
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2-Ply and Some Photo Controversy

March 25, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Yes, I am talking about toilet paper. We finally have 2-ply toilet paper in McMurdo! Well, it has been here for years, but it's been sitting in a cold dark warehouse behind thousands of rolls of 1-ply. Not too far off in his description, the wastewater technician recently said he could count the tree rings in the old toilet paper. The last of 1-ply...
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Last Salad for the Birds

March 16, 2013  •  Leave a Comment
Last week, just before that last of the salad, I was walking from my dorm to the dining hall and noticed a skua sitting in the middle of a pile of salad. I've seen a few skuas attack or at least scare people into dropping their food this summer. These bastard birds have made off with chicken strips and shepherd's pie and even lobster tails on Chris...
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