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November 26, 2005Thankgiving on Planet ZuluSince Antarctica contains all lines of longitude, it also has segments of the continent in every time zone. Geographically speaking, here at Siple Dome we are on Hawaiian time because we are roughly on the same longitudinal line. But...Read this update November 22, 2005ContextHere is an overlay of the US over the Antarctic Continent. I find that a lot of people grossly underestimate the size of Antarctica. I also drew in a couple of places that I often refer to. I have...Read this update November 20, 2005Rezerking the BogiesThe big camp at WAIS Divide went in this week. At the moment they are using a portable 10-99 HF radio for communications so, most of the time, we can barely hear them but they sound like their doing alright;...Read this update November 13, 2005Internet at Siple DomeAnother week has gone by here at Siple Dome. This week has been a weather reporting farce. We finished grooming the runway this week but have only gotten one little Twin Otter in and they can land on just about...Read this update November 06, 2005Put-In at Siple DomePut-in at Siple Dome has officially ended after two weeks of digging snow, making a runway, and general opening tasks. Yesterday, our GA from McMurdo, Louis, left on a Twin Otter flight back to Base. David, the fuelie, and...Read this update |
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