Out of respect for his family, we've been asked not to write all about it on social media, but it seems wrong not to even acknowledge that, very sadly, there was a death at South Pole about 10 days ago. You can read the NSF press release here. We all went out to honor the man who died (of natural causes) when they flew a coffin in from McMurdo and loaded his body to begin the trip back to the States.
So sad. I didn't know him beyond saying hello in the hallway, but he is only the fourth person ever to die at South Pole and it really sends shockwaves through a community this small.
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