Some friends and I thought it would be a good idea to visit Scott Base for a final American Night (Thursdays) winter evening since many changes are coming. We had fun.
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| American vs. Kiwi drinking game. |
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| Enjoying a Guinness at the pub. |
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| More fun with the Shot Ski. |
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| Attempting to pick up a matchbox on your knees without using your arms. |
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| "Simple minds...simple pleasures!" Yeah...winter is almost over. Too bad we will have to start acting like grownups again...NOT. |
More Antarctic Fun Facts
The
Antarctic continent wasn't even actually seen until 1820. No man set foot in
Antarctica until 1895. The first human landing there is claimed by Henryk Bull,
with a party from a whaling ship. They landed at Cape Adare . It was 1935
before the first woman set foot there. Her name was Catherine Mikkelson, and
she was the wife of a Norwegian whaling captain. The South Pole was first
reached by a Norwegian named Roald Amundsen in 1911, and shortly after by
British explorer Robert Scott.
Most
tourists who visit Antarctica visit the Antarctic Peninsula, which is
accessible from Chile. There the climate is mild in comparison with the rest of
the continent, and is teaming with wildlife. This part of Antarctica is
sometimes called the "Banana Belt."
- Time stands still - there are no time zones.
- 10% of Earth's land is Antarctica and yet no one lives here.
- Majority of Meteorites are found in Antarctica.
- Biggest dessert in the world (it never rains!)
- Lowest temperature was -129 in 1983
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| Did I say I really like Nacreous clouds? Photo credit to Paul. |
August 29th update:
It was blowing and snowing Sunday and therefore another Sunday without a hike - that makes it three Sundays in a row now. Today the third Winfly C-17 landed with three more scheduled. After nine days of storms the weather has settled down nicely. And I have a roommate now who moved in at 11:45 Monday night.
Hehe, hope he doesn't mind your snoring! I can see that those clouds have wonderful colors and shapes that must move about rapidly. Thanks for sharing the fun kid stuff with us...and I know my students will ask questions about the "shot ski" and how it was built! Enjoy the balmy weather. Love always, Andee
ReplyDeleteSeeing the nacreous clouds move must be fascinating. It would be like dragons racing across the sky.
ReplyDeleteHah. The second picture out of this set does have a dragon shape right in the middle!
ReplyDeleteIt must be awesome to finally see the sun after so many months in the dark. Soak up that Vitamin D while you can.
ReplyDeleteMissed the great water rise last night....water came up half way to the house...lower calf deep...finally the drain system kicked in...and all well what can we say...."when down the drain"...
Time close for you getting off the "ice"...enjoy New Zealand...and see u when we get back to the Cape in December....(we are leaving Sept 13th for Boulder and charlies knee surgery).
And may the sun shine on and on and on...
Janice and Charlie
Yes it is. It is like a normal day now. The rain must have come really hard for the new drain to take so long to flow. That's disturbing. Good luck to Charlie. Thanks for the comment.
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