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Engineering for Slow Internet
How to minimize user frustration in Antarctica.
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Observations on US Antarctic infrastructure. Anecdotes from daily life for USAP support staff. Focused on McMurdo Station and Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
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Last Flight Out
Good-byes, and the beginning of winter isolation.
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The Last Egg
Five more months until freshies...
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Doors of McMurdo
Doors, in a variety of shapes and styles.
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Sunset at the South Pole
Hunkering down for the winter!
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The Beer Can (2023)
Connecting old and new.
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South Pole Water Infrastructure
Fresh water from snow, at 70 below!
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Polar Night
Surreal and otherworldly.
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The McMurdo Wastewater Treatment Plant
Sweet, sweet humidity.
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SMS Multifactor Authentication in Antarctica
Issues pertaining to SMS (for multifactor auth) in Antarctica.
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Showering at the South Pole
Potable water, and not much of it.
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South Pole Topography
The relentless accumulation (and management) of snow.
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Coming home from the South Pole
Emerging from winter and preparing for our first flight!
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South Pole Signage
Please close doors quietly!
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Brr Wants a Job
8 months post-ice, it's time for something new!
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Voting from Antarctica
How to vote back home while you're in Antarctica!
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Laundry at the end of the world
It's pretty much what you'd expect.