Lance Canning a Chef at Antarctica who lives in New Zealand shares his experience about living in Antarctica.
He wrote:
I am currently working as a Chef at New Zealand’s Scott Base. I’m 12 months into a 13-month contract. It’s my second time down here with an 8-year gap in between.
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Luke Keehan - Winter Electrician. Koru Memorial to the 1979 Mt. Erebus plane crash.(featured image)
Beautiful stars with near zero light pollution. Lie back in the snow watching the stars and Auroras.
Make of it what you want to get out. We have McMurdo Station next door which is only a 10-minute drive away. Plenty of activity groups, crazy parties over there.
I personally like cross country skiing, jamming in the music room, hiking around the nearby hills.
Nothing better during the dark winter snuggled up by the gas fire in the lounge. Watching a category 1 storm (can’t go outside) howling and shaking the windows.
Amazing sunsets and sunrises at the start and end of the summer season.
A group of great people with whom I work and live. Only 11 of us over the winter season. Just like a family we have dramas sometimes, but we always love and look out for each others’ safety and well being.
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We take the Haaglund vehicles out for trips for star photography, wildlife, or just for a drive to get off base.
Like the others on base I miss my friends, family and fresh milk not made from powder. Avoided most of the Covid 19 headache with no need to social distance or any of that carry on.
Overall an amazing and pure environment to experience for a year.
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