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| A pretty galley arrangement of flowers from the greenhouse. |
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| The South Pole Store - Polemart |
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| Milwaukee's Best Premium beer? Last resort maybe - not! |
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| The store is all out of New Zealand beer. |
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| Hundreds of DVDs for checkout. |
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| McMurdo doesn't carry liquor. |
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| I enjoy the New Zealand Pinot Gris. |
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| Not quite Walmart. |
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An excellent selection of television series.
The "beer can" that includes a stairway that is attached to one end of the station. The bottom level is about 60 feet under the ice.
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| The door to the station 2nd level from inside the beer can stairway. |
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| The top of the beer can. |
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| The freight elevator. |
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| In between the 2nd and 1st level. The temperature is a constant -60 F year round. |
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| The 1st level door. |
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| The window coverings will be removed soon. |
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| Water, sewer and electrical is run from the station through the beer can. |
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| It's cold inside! |
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| This door leads outside. |
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| The bottom level 60 feet below the surface. This passage leads to the ice tunnels, power plant, logistics including all food storage, fuel tanks, and the Vehicle Maintenance Facility (garage). |
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| 92 steps from the bottom to the top. |
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| In preparation for running outside again I having been running the beer can stairs. |
Okay Mike! You are freezin' crazy! I know this is a good thing and hope you can acclimate to the Florida sunshine and warmer temps this fall! It was almost 100 F today and I can't function well in that kind of heat and humidity. We finally got a summer squall of rain, and it is under 90 F now. Take care honey and talk to you on Cary's birthday! Love always, andee
ReplyDelete-100 or +100...it's all good.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andrea- you are crazy. Lol. I love your blog and how you write about your days in the freezing cold :)
ReplyDeleteOne does have to be a bit off to spend the winter here. It's nice to see that someone else besides Andrea and Cary is reading this. Thanks for the compliment! Mike
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