You sleep when your work is done, you wake when your alarm beeps. The view through the window is identical except for the direction of the shadows. The Great Achievement at Pole this season was the construction of a new arch, the start of the lengthy process of completely rebuilding the station for the next century. One step at a time, old structures will be removed, new facilities built within the scope of the master plan. One segment at a time, the arch sections are assembled on the ground and then hoisted into place.
Respect is tough to earn, easy to lose.
These people are the heroes. Back to Tony's Antarctica Interactive Trip Prepared by Tony Hansen , Garry Rose and Paul Babushkin.