Booze Pull and the beauty outside

Our winter is proceeding nicely at the South Pole. The lowest temperature so far has been -95F. Many storms have blown in snow from beyond the polar plateau (about 300 miles) building difficult to walk in drifts. It takes about an hour to reach the antenna domes now. I have completed 106 days with 163 to go - but who's counting! Our ship continues to rush through the darkness of space.

Moving beer, wine and booze from the outside "Booze Barn" to inside the station.

A few weeks ago the heater failed at the booze barn and destroyed a large quantity of soda and beer. I posted pictures of this a few posts ago. 

Now the beer is safely stowed in a summer room. 

The summer rooms are tiny. The population grows to over 150 in November. Now there are 46 souls onboard and we each get a much larger room. 

Our Milky Way galaxy. Photo credit: Hunter Davis

These are the actual colors of Australis Borealis behind the Skynet and DSCS antenna dome I work in. Photo credit: Hunter Davis

The SPRT antenna dome and RF shed. Photo credit: Hunter Davis

To the far right is the RF Building. It is a nice place to warm in before working on the antennas. To the left of that is the stations red glow. The yellow light under the dome is the RF warning light on the SPTR antenna further back. Photo credit: Hunter Davis.

Both of the antenna domes I work in. Notice the white streak above the SPTR dome. That is an iridium satellite streaking overhead. Photo credit: Hunter Davis.

From the station observation deck. The dark sector labs to the left. Photo credit: Matt Smith