Tag: antarctica
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Day Twelve
Despite the rinse and repeat nature of the days down here, there is always something to keep it interesting. Yesterday was Sunday, which means brunch, which in turn means a thirty-minute earlier start to my work day. A handful of us were invited to have coffee with our station manager in the morning. For most…
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Day Eleven
So, about last night…After the walk back from Hut Point, I got warm and cozy in bed and two minutes later my pager went off with an aurora alert. The pages come from our firehouse and it read, strong auroras in the direction of AH. There are two alert lists you can be on, one…
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Day Ten
Woofah. I am tired this evening. I was full of energy during the day and as a result, it was a productive day at work, but I am zonked this evening. I had my coffee shift this morning, so it was an earlier than normal start, but a caffeinated start, which might have had something…
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Day Nine
Yesterday ended up being one of those days where my cup felt like it was overflowing with all the good stuff. Not just because it was my day off, it was truly a heart-so-full kind of day. I realized two things in the evening. The first being that the day before marked seven-months on the…
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Day Seven
It’s Wednesday! The exclamation mark notes my excitement because although it is midweek for most, it is my Friday. I am always excited for my day off and they come around pretty quickly. My day started with a session in the gerbil gym. I should point out that the gym is not attached to the…
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Day Six
Tuesday. On Tuesday mornings, I go into work earlier for what is called beverage pull or bev pull for short. So no gym on Tuesdays, because I am not getting up any earlier than I already do. Instead I have a yoga mat in my room and I do my little routine there and get…
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Day Five
Today is Monday. So it is my Thursday. I struggled to get out of bed this morning. Sometimes that happens. It’s like my bed exudes its most comfiest feels just after the alarm goes off. So rather than jump out of bed post alarm, I hit the snooze button about ten times. I don’t really…
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Day Four
Sunday. I keep getting nervous that after the first seven days of writing, which give you insight into what each day is like down here, I will run out of things to say. I am also fairly sure that won’t be the case, that it’s just anxiety saying hello. This place is so bizarre, interesting and weird…
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Day Three
It’s Saturday. For most of the community, it’s the last day of work for the week. For me, it’s the start of my week. I start my Saturdays out with my weekly coffee shift, which runs from 7:30 until 9AM. What is a second bar during the summer season, is our coffee house during the…
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Day Two
It’s Friday according to the calendar, but for me it’s Monday. It’s a six-day work week down here and my day off is Thursday. Normally, I would get up and go for a run on the treadmill before work in what’s known as the ‘gerbil gym,’ but a pipe burst under the gerbil gym yesterday,…
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