While at McMurdo the cadets were responsible for giving tours of the ship during the morning hours. So we headed out to McMurdo again from noon. We started that afternoon by checking out Ivan the Terra Bus (The First Engineer had made friends with the driver).
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We ended up attending the McMurdo Film Festival that featured short films made by the “Antarcticans” that varied from zombie movies to comedy in nature. My favorite that I got to see was “Drunk History,” which was actually very informative on the history of Antarctica and the race to the South Pole, and absolutely entertaining.
When some plans fell through, we ended up trekking towards the neighboring New Zealand Base (Scott Base).
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The Kiwi Base is considerably smaller than McMurdo station, housing maybe 200 people during the Summer Season. We ended up meeting their engineer who gave us a full tour of the base and explained the power generation on Ross Island (He was in charge of maintaining the wind mills that power McMurdo and Scott Base alike, as well as the generators). The base was mostly empty, everybody was packing up to leave for the winter season, except for the few people who will winter over, or gone skiing. (Yes there is skiing in Antarctica and yes I am disappointed I didn’t have the opportunity to ski).
Everything is "Machine Green"
Pretty Far From Home
An inside look @ Scotts Hut (The original Hut for the Kiwi Base)
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The Original Goods
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The Rugby Cup for the "Southern Most Rugby Game"
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Cool Toys
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After we made our way back (this time by shuttle), we enjoyed a relatively quiet evening at McMurdo station. The bar was hosting a special burger night, and we made friends with some cool people while enjoying this awesome creation.
Yes That's a Grilled Cheese Bun Burger
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And then there was "sun set", not that the sun sets.
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