Sitting here, in my hammock, typing away, it’s not a bad life. The sun is nearly gone outside, the last seconds of twilight are fading to night. We can see the first stars (when the sky clears) and all of our light sensitive experiments are finally being powered up. Our windows are all covered now (to keep stray light away from the instruments) and our interior world is now distinctly separated from our external one. Outside is parceled off by insulated freezer doors, a red-tinted headlamp (unless the moon is up) and enough clothing to keep warm at -80F.

I struggle to remember to go outside. When your job does not require it, it is easy to forget. I haven’t been out since Sunday…

I’ve got a new batch of pictures ready for you to peruse, all annotated with the stories that accompany them:

February, roughly, covering random activities, a trip off-station to a hole in the snow, and our sunset party. Next up, a pile from a tour of SPT (South Pole Telescope), my room, and our wine tasting from two weeks ago. Heidi has a good deal of photos from our wine tasting as well.

I also added another couple of links to the mess at the left - Heidi’s from above (the Amazing Flying Lim) and Jeff’s (eighteen percent), a former Polie who has decided to leave and attempt a different life. We wish him well and that nostalgia does not haunt.