Weather: Sunny, clear, cool. Temps near -85F, winds around 10knts.
The sun is now fully above the horizon and will not set again until March 21, 2021. Having the sun back for 24hrs/day is nice and makes it easier to stay up, but harder to go to sleep each day. I’ve been sleeping from like 5-11am in order to be up for the good satellite, DSCS.
I’ve finished the “South Pole Triple Crown” which was an exercise challenge that included climbing stairs (approximately the height of Mt. Evereset), running the distance from the South Pole to McMurdo station on the route that the overland traverse takes (850 ish miles) and lifting the amount of weight in cargo that the LC-130s bring to/from Pole each year (1.75 million lbs). So I’m thinking about training for endurance running now… which will likely mean I’ll lose all the gains from lifting and be scrawny again by the time I leave here :/.
Well that’s about it. Sun’s up, but everything remains the same. About 2 months until I am scheduled to leave here and head back North. Tomorrow is ‘community cook day’ and science/IT has lunch, which means I have to get up relatively early (compared to my 5-11am schedule)… We’re making ‘gourmet frozen burgers’ ! mmm! But then tonight is community cook day pizza, which always ends up with some unique and delicious pizzas!
Allen's South Pole Winter-Over 2020 (+) 