The Scott Base Sign

A brief stop was made, as I froze in the cold snow, to take this picture. Scott Base is the New Zealand Antarctic research station on Ross Island.

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There Goes the Sun!

April 24th 2005
It is Sunday, April 24, 2005. The sunset is happening today at 1:26 pm and the next sunrise will not occur until August 19th. The fiery golden orb that sustains life on this planet is finally moving north, below our horizon, suspending us in darkness and kicking off the cold, dark Antarctic winter. To celebrate, Scott Base hosted a large barbeque and the first of three Polar Plunges. The Pola ... read more

Antarctica » Antarctica » McMurdo Station

Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas sou... ... read more

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