One of our own was featured at Space Weather for his superior efforts as a shutterbug. On July 5th there was an outstanding Aurora display and Dana was there to capture in on – well, not film, but the digital equivalent. The featured photo (shamelessly hotlinked):

Jupiter looms brightly in the sky above the South Pole Telescope during this magnificent Auroral display

I don’t understand all the science behind it all, but the article at space weather explains that these auroras were fueled by the interplanetary magnetic field tipping south which opened a crack in earth’s magnetosphere and allowed solar wind to pour in – sure is pretty. I guess before I came down, I aspired to take some photos of my own of the aurora Australis – and I have managed a few, but when temps are below -70 the idea is much less appealing not to mention that cameras operate at quite a bit less than peak efficiency in those temps. Fingers used to press shutter release buttons don’t fare much better.

Antarctic Treaty Meeting
Each year the 46 (?) member nations of the Antarctic treaty have a meeting to discuss the future of the treaty and compliance of the same. Lots of interesting topics are discussed. Of special interest to me is the United States’ management plan of the South Pole Station. I intended on summarizing it here, but – well, maybe it isn’t so interesting after all. If you can navigate the site you can find it here or, for a better look at it, check out Bill’s unofficial South Pole Station web site.

In what will surely be yet another occasion of 59 wankers and me dressing up in silly costumes and will also probably involve ill placed bodily excrement of some kind, the mid winter celebration at The South Pole is fast approaching.

This Friday, June 20th, we will be marking the occasion of the (southern) winter solstice which also means only three months until sunrise and less than five months remaining until enjoying some much missed verdure.

We will be celebrating with what else – a meal that I’m sure I won’t be able to shower with enough praise to do it justice. The second day of celebrations promises a concert of epic proportions. I haven’t seen a list of the full line up yet, but at least one band that performed at Polestock will be performing for the mid winter concert and one debut guitar player will be showing us what he’s learned since February when he first picked up a guitar.

One of the guys who makes electricity while I sleep, and is also wields a mean axe in the band ReTardis (among others?) is coordinating a live feed. You can get all the details at The Frozen Desert

up there at the top of the page…..links to articles at The Life Nomadic World Travel, Worldwide Jobs, Nomadic Lifestyle

I cross-posted this at the other site…some of the slick features don’t work here…

It’s 70 below, we won’t see the sun for another three months, but damn it, it’s Memorial Day and we’re Americans. We’re having a barbecue!

O.K….it’s been edited – not doing it twice – so visit my other site World Travel, Worldwide Jobs, Nomadic Lifestyle to read the article in its entirety.

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Wow…three posts in one day…that’s like my monthly quota or something.

Anyhow, I’ve been working on a new site. It seems a bit odd that I won’t take the time to keep this blog updated, yet, I take on a whole new project…. The idea behind the new site is to generate revenue, so I will have better motivation to work on it and with a broader audience can write more freely (maybe..). The subject matter is overseas jobs and travel – two things I’m learning more and more about.

Personal “what’s going on in my life” type posts will still go here – and hopefully I’ll have more of that to write about once I get off this hunk of ice – anyhow, if you enjoy my writing and want to read more of what I have to write about check out the new site The Life Nomadic

To anyone who is reading this – if you have experience either working overseas or with travel and you want to help out – there are forum moderator positions open.