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To: NFHale

Wiki: US Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station

During the summer the station population is typically around 150. Most personnel leave by the middle of February, leaving a few dozen (39 in 2021) “winter-overs”, mostly support staff plus a few scientists, who keep the station functional through the months of Antarctic night. The winter personnel are isolated there between mid-February and late October. Wintering-over presents notorious dangers and stresses, as the station population is almost totally isolated. The station is completely self-sufficient during the winter, and powered by three generators running on JP-8 jet fuel. An annual tradition is a back-to-back viewing of The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), and The Thing (2011) after the last flight has left for the winter.

A Tour of the S. Pole Station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bNRNqaKxZ8

Music Room: 5:50
The Thing Mention: 6:46


63 posted on 08/28/2021 11:17:34 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Texan4Life

Chuckle… An annual tradition in the antArctic, is watching monster movies about the antarctic… I love it.


66 posted on 08/29/2021 5:06:19 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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