Time is passing quickly and Christmas feels so long ago, but a sweet memory keeps popping up from the holiday celebrations on the Ice. This is a story that hopefully sheds a little light on what happens in remote places during the holidays and how it’s times like these that weave a few more stitches […]
Things are busy these days but I don’t want to neglect posting a bit about my trip to the South Pole. I was sent for work but definitely had some time for relaxation and play. The pace is much slower and it’s a smaller population on station. Shenanigans are still had as noted in the […]
I am lucky enough to have gone to the South Pole. That can’t be said for everyone who works at McMurdo, but many vie for any shot to get down there. I go for work and I will go again this summer. This will be my third time overall, but first this season. I will […]
The Observation Tube is a town favorite. Someone on their off hours drilled the hole in the ice and put this thing in for all of the town to enjoy. It’s a pretty cool thing to sit under the ice and look around at the ocean. Usually there’s not a ton to see, but maybe […]
Here is the last of the Cape Evans trip photos. I took tons inside because the lighting was so poor. I just pointed and shot in various directions. We had small flashlights and there was a little light coming in from a few windows, but it was difficult to see much to frame shots.
Robert Falcon Scott was a British explorer hoping to be the first to reach the geographic South Pole. His ship landed at Cape Evans and the largest hut on Ross Island was built. Now Scott’s history is pretty interesting, overcoming some setbacks to lead two expeditions to the Antarctic. He certainly proved himself worthy, but […]
A group of ten left McMurdo — one mountaineer who drove the Hagglund, the woman who runs the recreation department and leading the tour, and 8 lucky winners of the drawing. To get to Cape Evans you drive out on the sea ice. As its name implies, the “sea ice” is what freezes over the […]
Last week there was a lottery to take a trip to Cape Evans, not far from McMurdo where Antarctic explorer, Robert Scott had a camp. Scott, in case you don’t recall your Antarctic history, was the runner up for reaching for the South Pole first in the early 1900’s. Then he and his team did […]
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