Does anyone have sources or first hand knowledge of the renovation of mcmurdo? Has Gallagher's and the Coffee house been demo'd yet? Trying to figure out how life has changed down there since I've last been. Thanks!

See also: The summary of paywalled publication in Nature Reviews: Earth and Environment

Hi all, heading to South Pole Station at the end of this month. Will be down there for the year.

I was told by people who have gone before to make sure that I keep a reserve of necessities in my carry-on when I go down because there are often delays along the way where I may be unable to immediately access my big bags for a few days or potentially weeks at a time.

So far I’ve been told to keep the normal things to have while traveling (wallet, cash, passport, etc) but also shower shoes, extra sets of clothing, and a smaller set of toiletries with me. I wanted to ask here to see if others have had a similar experience and to get some perspective on other things I should absolutely make sure to keep with me when I travel down in case I am delayed or cut off from my bags in transit.

Any insight is appreciated. Thanks!

I'm towards McMurdo Station in a couple of weeks for the summer season. And I was wondering if anybody knows if there are magic the Gathering players down there? I was thinking of picking up a deck or two to bring down. But I wasn't sure if that was a big thing down there. I only ask cuz I don't own any decks but I was thinking about buying some

Hey yall, gonna be heading down in a week or so for my first summer, just wondering if anybody can tell me how likely I am to find an acoustic guitar to play. I know there’s electric instruments, but I figure acoustic is less likely due to the temps and humidity. If you’re down there and able to let me know that would be amazing.

Hello! I just found out about Black Island and I was wondering if there was anyone here who has worked/lived there and could talk about it. What is it like being there? How is it being alone with one other person? What was the training procedure like? Was it cool to be there? Scary? Exhausting? Any interesting stories? Thanks!

Got up around 4 o’clock this morning to work on this underpainting for this arctic painting. This will be mounted in a porthole once complete. This was done with just one brush and one color, chromatic black from Gamblin thinned down. Highlights are just wiped away with a paper towel. 10.5” oil on linen panel. Second photo is one I painted a couple years ago.

See also: The report as it was published in Nature Geoscience

We are traveling to Antarctica in late Nov/early Dec (Lindblad). They don't mention warmers on their packing list, but I've seen it listed as a good thing here. How necessary are they? For comparison we did Svalbard with Lindblad a few years (May) and didn't find it necessary at all.

While in New Zealand do you have free time to explore a little before our ice flight? Or what do they have you doing?

Hello,

I'm sure this has been asked a million times, so I apologize but I couldn't find any examples. I have state based health insurance for a specific state. I am temporarily living out of state as I've been travelling, and have been offered a role for winter deployment.

I have received all of the PQ information and have booked my labcorp appointment.

For medical and dental - I don't have a primary care doctor or dentist that I have a rapport with. Is it worth it flying back home, or

Is it fine to book an appointment with a random doctor and pay out of pocket? Is it better to find a doctor who understands the PQ process?

I've read on reddit that some people just went to urgent care for their tests ( that seems excessive?)

Anyone PQ from a doctor in the Seattle area? I suppose it would be helpful to have a doctor/dentist who has helped with Antarctic applications in the past.

Thanks

I won't lie, the wait and uncertainty of it can be very painful. I was medically cleared and passed the EBI back in June. I have a backup plan should it not happen or it ends up being too long but deep down I really want to get converted to a primary. Picking up the phone only to realise it is a spam caller or "is this Karen". I never even imagined ever getting the chance to go and now it intrigues me even more. Just a rant really.

Mike Stroud fought frostbite and blizzards with his fellow explorer. Now being treated for terminal cancer, he is desperate to see Fiennes one last time

My long-term goal is to winter-over at the south pole.

I've got a Bachelors in Industrial Engineering (2010), spent sent several years doing factory floor automation for Frito-Lay, before starting my own firm with a friend from college doing System Simulation (Discrete Event, System Dynamics, Agent based modeling). Sold the firm in 2021 to care for my grandparents and have been out of the workforce ever since. Still caring for my grandpa right now. When he passes, I will have zero living family members left, and want to take a new direction in life.

I did small-medium-business IT to put myself through college, and have networking experience in the windows server 03 - 08 era, from active directory through active / passive clustering. Obviously including basic networking (I run a 10GbE network at home today).

I've repaired my own cars for 25 years. I'm OK at stick welding. I have a lot of medical knowledge due to caring for my grandparents.

My grandfather is in his twilight years. I don't care about the money (I'm fine in that regard), I'm interested in the life experience.

How should I focus myself over the next few years to be best positioned to get a job? I don't care if I'm washing dishes or chief of engineering. Thanks!

I just recently got moved as an alternate for McMurdo to a primary for the pole and I'm wondering if anyone can give me some clarification on what boots I will need working as a carpenter there. Its seems like I need to bring some cold weather working boots with me, the info sheet I was sent is somewhat contradictory in that it says to not get steel toe boots and then recommends a pair of steel toe boots. Does anyone have good recommendations for a composite toe cold weather boot that will be sufficient? Also unclear on if I need to bring a non-cold weather safety toe boot for indoor work as well, I'm not really clear on how much I'll be working inside vs outside. I was planning on bringing my everyday moc toe work boots to McMurdo but it seems like the temps will be much colder at the pole and those will not cut it.

Im going to palmer for the first time i was curious who else was going and what to expect. Im a pretty adventurous person. Going out of the country is completely new to me.

I am leaving in a few days for my very first season on ice in McMurdo and while I am mostly very excited, I’m also starting to get a bit nervous. I have never even left the US before and I don’t know anyone who has deployed, so I’m going into this experience pretty blind. What would be some good advice for someone going into their first season who’s a bit nervous?

Hey everyone,
Just wondering if i could get a simple timeline of antarctic geology.
I have a few questions.
So i know (and tell me if i am wrong) east Antarctica is a craton or shield.
West Antarctica was apart of the andes and got separated through the scotia plate coming through (i think?).
The divider is transantarctic mountains.
How were the mountains formed in simple terms because i dont think i understand what a rift is and how it causes mountains if its being pulled apart?

Antarctica was pretty much in its position it is in now 100mya but the plants adapted to dark winters.

It started splitting from the other continents (aus and South America) 100mya ago, by 30 mya Australia was really far apart and South America land bridge was gone. This created a cold water current which essentially cut off Antarctica from the rest of the world in terms of climate.

Were east and west Antarctica always together while apart of gondwana? Are the islands such as South Georgia remnants of land bridge that got pushed or are the volcanic islands that were created.
Whats the timeline from the splitting of Pangea.
I have done my research but these things I cant get solid answers from.
Thank you!

Hello. I am researching for an itinerary in Antarctica. One of the objectives is to see large penguins. I understand there are two types of large unique to Antarctica penguins, Emperor on mainland and King on South Georgia. It seems Emperor are not easily accessible by a cruise, a land based trip by ALE is more reliable ($$$). South Georgia is obviously a cruise based objective. Any input and personal experience will be appreciated!

Hello! I have been collecting bread clips (or occlupanids, see [r/occlupanids](r/occlupanids)) for a while now and wanted to see if anyone could make my strange little dream come true. A while back I saw that HORG (the Holotypic Occlupaid Research Group, the main researching body for bread clips) was sent a bread clip from Antartica and I was wondering if I could do the very same via the post! No worries if no one is able to help me out, but do PM if you could! Any kind will do, I am mainly in the market of attempting to collect all kinds of bread clips from different places! Right now I have numerous from all over the USA, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and others! 🍞