Surrounded by igloos, snow mounds and snow walls, that have all been mutated by the sun, resembling something out of a Tim Burton movie, I am about 4 miles from Mac Town in Mound City.
Mound City is located on the ice flow, the result of a glacier spilling out onto the ocean.
Here eight of us are learning about surviving in the extreme environments of Antarctica. This is the course you take if your work or science team takes you away from Mac Town. Ted our instructor possesses the rugged build of someone who has challenged the environments. He is one of those people that you feel comfortable trusting with your life, knowing he would know how to do the right thing in all the wrong situations. Our first task was to put up a Scott tent and learn how to anchor it against the wind.