Milk and other perishables are stored inside the tent near the outside edges. Frozen foods are stored outside the back door. The two huts are not heated. Neadless to say, scientists do not bring reading material with them. Ice in the Arctic is continually moving and breaking up under the influence of currents and wind, even in the winter.
Leads are open channels of water that appear when a sheet of ice breaks apart.
This page last modified February 2, 1997.