When: March 7th @ 2:00PM (March 8th @ 9:00AM in Antarctica)
Where: South Pole, Antarctica
Who: IceCube Neutrino Research Center
IceCube Neutrino Observatory
A neutrino interacts with ice
Digital optical modules
Looks at stars in many ways
Madison-Denver-Houston-New Zealand-South Pole.
McMurdo largest research station in Antarctica
Whole lot of nothing
-15F to -121F temp’s
Small (very!!!) dorms
LIBRARY??
GREEN HOUSE??!
Sledding hill
The best spider ever named, “Specimen #0001” I couldn’t have named him better myself.
South Pole Zoo population: one spider found on plane
Extreme isolation
Communication limited
One doctor on duty
And don’t die or severely injure yourself because no one will save you in the next few weeks
They have to do their own check ups (There is no Doc McStuffins…)
No deliveries in the winter
~15 hours of WIFI (slow)
McMurdo: 1200 miles away
International Space Station: 200 miles above your head
Telescopes
Microwave detector
Event horizon telescope
Climate observation
26 mile marathon
Warmest day -13F
Have soup as an option every day
Ice cream on ice
This one guy was dressed up as Hand Sanitizer. I want to be a hand sanitizer person in the South Pole when I grow up!!!
Everyone out there has similar likes and dislikes, so it's pretty easy to make friends. I kinda wish middle school was that easy.
Station was built in 2008!!
10 years worth of shrines are hidden in tunnels underground. There’s a large fish frozen in ice.
There’s a shrine with a famous guy’s snotty tissues…
They get tourists?!?! ONE OF THEM WILL SMITH AND HIS FAMILY?!?!? I think I need to visit the South Pole more often…
Almost everyone misses nature and warm weather
Run around the world
Sauna 200F in a -50F weather
Soooooo much preparing before you get there (personally, that’s too much work for me)
Only 100 pounds of stuff to bring with you
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