write this, I sit only a couple hundred feet from the actual South Pole,
90 degrees South Latitude! It's a comfortable -42 F right now, the
other day we set a record for the 2nd of February at -44.3, it was cool,
literally! ha ha ha
So my trip to the Pole is almost over, I fly "home" to McMurdo tomorrow
around lunch time. Bed space is tight and so are flights, and if it
gets much colder, the big LC-130s can't fly down here anymore. They
don't want anyone stuck here, so I'm getting sent home early. It's ok,
though, I got a taste of it and made a bunch of new friends, some of
whom I will definitely see in the future at the office or next season.
This pic is of the actual marker as surveyed by the USGS back in late
December and first of January. The winter-overs here at the Pole get to
design it every year. This one has the converging points of the compass
lines of longitude and the 90 South Marker above the Antarctic
continent, with the reflection, it looks almost like a sphere! It's
pretty cool, and I've got a lot of "hero" shots of me at the Pole and
I'll post those once I get back to McMurdo and live internet access. Oh
the comforts of home!
2 comments:
How did you manage -47F???? Sounds cold to me.
Hi,
Wow the latest picture of you looks way to cold for me. But the cold gear looks like it helps.
Stay warm.
Sarah
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