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December 30, 2003

The Big Move

The big runway move happened the day after Christmas as planned. Our dining car is made up of three double-wide trailers modified for the ice. They are all on skis and are double insulated with walk-in refrigerator doors. They...

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Posted by Luke on December 30, 2003 11:59 AM
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December 24, 2003

This n'That

Jon, the pilot, made it back to NZ thanks to the generosity of a fellow adventurer. A British pilot who was planning on flying over the pole had shipped a fuel cache to the NZ Scott Base. For one...

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Posted by Luke on December 24, 2003 10:58 PM
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December 10, 2003

Jon Johanson's tiny plane

The runway has been the a-buzz with activity these days. First there was the big Penguin (who is still wandering about I might add) and then, a few days ago a very, very small plane arrived with a single...

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Posted by Luke on December 10, 2003 08:09 PM
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L'imperatore

Come potete vedere da quello che ha scritto Luke e' arrivato un pinguino Imperatore all'aereoporto, e naturalmente sono dovuta andare a vederlo di persona! Che esperienza magnifica! Nonostante Luke avesse gia' scattato un sacco di foto, non sono riuscita a...

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Posted by Luci on December 10, 2003 08:03 PM
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December 08, 2003

Emperor

First of all I want to congratulate my brother Asa and his girlfriend Erin on the birth of their daughter Abigail. Best of luck to all three of them. We look forward to seeing our new niece this spring...

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Posted by Luke on December 8, 2003 09:30 PM
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December 04, 2003

Snow Snow Snow

I still haven't been out to the runway. It will be a week tomorrow. The weather only got worse after my last entry. The day after, we hit condition 1 in town. Nearly everything shut down. The people who...

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Posted by Luke on December 4, 2003 09:59 PM
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December 01, 2003

Condition 1

The Antarctic version of Thanksgiving went off this weekend without a snag. We did 3 seatings of people from 1:30 to 6:00; the first of 250, the second with 350, and the last with 400. There were many volunteers throughout...

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Posted by Luke on December 1, 2003 11:03 PM
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