Today's picture is of one of the common areas on station, which is almost always full of people hanging out talking and playing cribbage, cards, or pool. Just a little contrast to the picture I posted previously of my little alone-space in my room. This is a typical Saturday night in B1 lounge.
Also, today, another question from the peanut gallery:
Q: From
Grandma (Poynette, WI): Will you have to eat seals while you’re there, since
that’s the type of wild game available in that area?
A: As you probably all know by now from previous posts, the answer is no, for two reasons:
1. There are no seals at Pole because we are not located near any water and seals are water creatures.
2. They can't/don't bring seals in from the coast (from McMurdo, for example) anyway because seals and every other form of life on the continent is currently protected by the International Antarctic Treaty. Humans are forbidden from interacting with Antarctic wildlife in any way that affects their behavior. Killing and eating them, even if we wanted to (and seal, for some reason, does not sound good to me), would definitely be covered by that blanket rule. All of our food at Pole is flown in from New Zealand via McMurdo, with the exception of the limited veggies that can be grown in the station greenhouse.
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