Friday, October 2, 2009

Measuring weight and temperature on Antarctica

I will be succinct. According the Antarctic scales, I am 10 pounds heavier than when I arrived one year ago. I do not think this possible. Also, according to medical, my internal body temperature is only 95 degrees. It has been taken on 3 different occasions.

How will they know if I have a fever?

Perspective Revisited

After a few days of 50 below and beyond, it began to warm up here at McMurdo. I walked to work one day and said to myself, gee, it's warm out today.

It was still well below zero.

It's so easy for one's perspective to become warped (see "Perspective" from last season's issue).

95 Below 0

Need I say more?