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Talk about a unique travel experience – in the history of mankind, only 1228 people have ever spent a winter at the South Pole
filling 1461 positions over the 51 year history, several of those positions were filled by repeat offenders.
One such third time repeat offender is resident historian and legendary “egg oiler*” Bill Spindler. Bill maintains the unofficial South Pole Station website where he keeps much historical information and season to season lists of the hearty souls who have wintered in this place. He has also honored the 2008 winter-over residents with a series of talks focusing on The South Pole, then and now. He covers construction of both domes and the new elevated research station, science from the early days through the present and many other interesting tidbits of historical Antarctic exploration and research trivia.
At the sunrise celebration, each 2008 winter-over was presented with a commemorative coin fashioned right here at the South Pole by the winter machinist. Each coin was personalized with each participants name and their winter-over sequence number. I am the 1197th person to stay a winter here. Numbers are assigned alphabetically by year, so someone like Bill who first wintered in 1977 (I think) has a much lower number.
In this photo by Steffen Richter Bill Spindler, aka the Wizard of the South Pole, pitches in to oil eggs. Oil preserves the eggs so that they will last the whole season and the eggs require a re-oiling on a periodic basis.
For your very own unique travel experience, you too can get a job in Antartica
Will @ September 26, 2008
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This is amazing!!!