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Extinct Hunt
As a geologist who studies paleoclimate, Brenda Hall generally uses glaciers to help her reconstruct...
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Couriers Keep the Mail Moving
Working as a courier at McMurdo Station transforms all of town into a circuit workout. Get out of the truck. Walk into the building. Climb up the stairs. Drop the envelope. Climb down the stairs. Walk out of the building. Get into the truck. Drive to the next building. Repeat.
South Pole Fire School
South Pole Fire School
It’s a mild September day in Arvada, CO, a suburb west of Denver, with bluebird, cloudless skies. But the firefighter...
Weather Delays Pole Flights
Weather Delays Pole Flights
Ann Curry and the Today Show crew reporting live out of McMurdo Station make one last effort to reach the...
50 Years of Blessings
50 Years of Blessings
A Catholic priest from New Zealand, the Rev. John Jolliffe led the Midnight Mass on Christmas at the Chapel of...
Easy Ridin’
Easy Ridin’
Snowmobile mechanics Bob Sawicki and Toby Weisser at McMurdo Station did some heavy duty dumpster diving this season to assemble...
Spoofing on SPIFF
Spoofing on SPIFF
The South Pole International Film Festival lets Polies exercise their creativity in their free time — and document this unique...
We want to rock
We want to rock
You’re alone for the next eight months of the year at the bottom of the world. What do you do...
Long-distance correspondence
Long-distance correspondence
Adult students in a New Orleans literacy class are swapping stories and e-mails with a group of people spending the...