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My name is Anthony Powell.
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I grew up on this dairy farm
in Taranaki, New Zealand.
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But I've actually spent most
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of my adult life living
and working in Antarctica.
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The most common question
I get asked is
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"What's it like to live
down there?"
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It's so hard to answer
that in words
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and it's never really been
captured on film before.
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But there's something about
time lapse photography
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that brings to life
the dynamic forces of nature
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that you can feel
and sense around you,
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but you can't actually see.
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So I've taught myself how
to use a variety of cameras
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and built some homemade
equipment in my spare time
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that can still function
in the extreme cold.
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It's taken me more than
10 years to make this film.
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I've worn out
thousands of dollars
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worth of camera gear...
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and spent countless hours
standing in the freezing cold
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in an effort to capture
the true feeling of this vast
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important place.
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There really are only
two seasons in Antarctica:
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a busy summer when most
of the science happens...
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and a wild and lonely winter
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that few people will
ever experience.
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To understand the place properly
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you really need to spend
one full year
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down here on the ice.
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I think that most people
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think that we're all scientists.
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There are real people
down here.
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It's not just
the people you see
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on the National Geographic
channels
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or it's not people
who can afford
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a $10.000 cruise.
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It's people who are just
like you and me
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who are average citizens
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who are working and doing a job.
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That first breath...
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it's like a sledgehammer
to the face.
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It's your wake up call.
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It's okay, you're here now.
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This is the real deal.
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I couldn't believe
I was actually doing it.
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I was actually here.
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I was in Antarctica...
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the bottom of the planet.
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And then my second thought was
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"Oh crap,
what have I just done?"
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Why am I here?
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I saw Erebus
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and wanted to go hiking there
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and snowboard down it
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and I was quickly told "No"
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and then I was off to work.
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We had been thinking
oh we're going to Antarctica
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and when you get here it's like,
oh yeah I've gotta work.
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And you don't put that
into your head your first time
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you're so excited
about coming down
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that you forget that you're
coming down here for a reason.
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They hurried us off the plane
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so we couldn't take
a look around
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and pretty much
it was just here
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and the next thing we knew
we were in town.
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So the first thing we really saw
of Antarctica was McMurdo
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and that's always kind of
disappointing sometimes.
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It's a pretty small,
tight community.
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People pull together
and get things done.
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Pretty amazing what gets done
for what little we have.
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I've seen a lot of different
personalities come down here.
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The ones that seem to do
the most of it are
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the die-hards or
the more grounded people.
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McMurdo Station sits
beside the sea on Ross Island.
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It's dwarfed by Mt. Erebus
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the southernmost
active volcano in the world.
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Three kilometers away on
the other side of the peninsula
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is the small New Zealand outpost
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Scott Base.
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Scott Base is a lot
more typical in size
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of the other bases
dotted around Antarctica.
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And its proximity
to McMurdo is unusual.
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There are only
30 permanently manned bases
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on the entire continent
and most of these
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have less than 20 people
living in them in the winter.
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At Scott Base you have to
live and work in one building.
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Our accommodation
is a very small room.
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It's like a cell, if you like,
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or a cupboard.
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A lot of things here
can get to you pretty quickly
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especially in winter.
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And you cannot change them.
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You cannot argue much
about them either
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because this person
will be in front of your eyes,
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you know, on the next Smoko.
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So to be tolerant
is very important.
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When people ask me why
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to come back because this
is the second time
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I've arrived in Antarctica.
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For me it's those
white mountains.
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Those white mountains
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and you look across
and you know
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just because
humanity had trouble
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getting here in the first place
we're relatively new arrivals.
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We have not had the opportunity
to mess it up very much yet.
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We have nations getting along
better in Antarctica
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than I think they're doing
anywhere else in the world.
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It's worth something
to keep it this way
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if we can do whatever we can
to keep the co-operations
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and just the pure pursuit
of things
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that make us better as humans.
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That's happening right now
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on this continent,
and it's special.
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I could live indefinitely here
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if I could, on occasion,
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get out.
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Like I haven't...
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I've literally gone nowhere
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since August.
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Most people that have
been here that long
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at least have gone to maybe
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the Pole or something...
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or at least gotten out of town.
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You will get to see
some fun stuff
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but the main thing you're
down here for is to work.
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And I hate to sound cold
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when it comes to that,
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but I think a lot of people
lose that focus
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and when they come down here
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and all they get to see
is a dish room
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or get to stare at
a computer the whole time
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I think they might be
a little disillusioned.
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I came down with
the Italians originally.
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But having done it once
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you know I sort of thought
well that'll do.
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But a couple of years later
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I was back again.
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Still here.
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Rob has been flying
in Antarctica for 20 years,
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but he's never done
a winter here.
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Helicopters only fly
in the summer.
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It's probably safer flying here
than in New Zealand
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because you never have
to contend with the weather.
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At home there's various
degrees of weather.
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Here it's either good
or it's not.
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Whereas home, it might be okay
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or just okay
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or I think I can make it.
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But there's none of that here.
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So, what would be
your favorite place to fly to?
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Christchurch.
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No, I like the Dry Valleys.
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I like the Upper Wright
and the Beacon Valley as well.
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It's spectacular scenery,
it really is.
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Like Rob, I'm one
of the lucky ones.
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The work I do in Antarctica
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allows me to get out
and experience
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some of the grandeur
and vast emptiness
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of this amazing continent.
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Wherever there is research
happening in the field
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they need their
communications support.
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So I spend a lot of time
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setting up radio equipment
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in remote locations.
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When I first came down
here in 1998,
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I was struck by how
pure and untouched it was.
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There's still places here
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where no human
has ever set foot.
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I just love
that there's still places
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in the world you can go
to experience absolute silence.
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When you're out here
and there's no wind
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your ears are just
straining to hear something...
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anything.
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You just don't realize
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how much noise
pollution there is
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in your daily life
back in the real world.
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One very important
thing when you're...
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working in the deep field is...
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to make sure never
to confuse your pee bottle
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with your water bottle.
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Well...
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the summit of Erebus
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and an ice fumarole
that's growing
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from steam coming out
of one of the cracks here.
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Most days
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I can't believe I get
to work in this place.
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But there are days when I think
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they just can't pay me enough.
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God, this is an awful place.
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In theory there should be
a flag right about there.
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Ah yeah, there we go.
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Gotta love GPSs.
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It's the middle of summer
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and if we check the time
it's ah...
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just after 12 o'clock.
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That's 12 o'clock
midnight though.
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Merry Christmas!
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Ah, Christmas dinner...
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making food
for lots and lots of people.
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It's a big day.
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We're spreading holiday cheer.
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I think for a lot
of younger folks that come down
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it's a real good
experience for them.
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It's probably not a career
for most people,
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but for some...
it is.
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I think I found it
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and kind of fell in love
with it.
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I have been coming to Antarctica
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for about 13 years now.
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And when I came down
the first time
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I thought, "Ah yeah
this will be great to do once."
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You know, just come
to Antarctica.
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And then I can say,
"Wow, I went to Antarctica."
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And then I signed on
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for a contract
the following year
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and then...
I don't know what happened.
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I'm still here.
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There's a saying among
the women of Antarctica
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"The odds are good.
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But the goods, are odd."
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Christine and I met down here
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and I proposed to her
in the winter of 2003.
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6 weeks later
we had an impromptu wedding
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down here on the ice.
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The flowers were all hand made
with folded paper.
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Christine's friend Lori
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made up a dress
from donated fabric.
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And the plumbers cut
us some rings
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made of brass.
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I borrowed the only
dinner jacket on base
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from Eric, the station manager
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who then acted as our celebrant.
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On this night here
on Ross Island,
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Christine Marie Gamble
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and Anthony Brendan Powell
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are celebrating their love
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and commitment to each other.
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And tonight they will join
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as husband and wife
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in heart, body and soul.
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Hi, Dad!
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Just fine. Go ahead.
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I'm here.
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Thank you.
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I've wintered over here
nine times now
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and Christine has
wintered eight times.
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Living on the ice
is just something
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that's become so ingrained
in both of us.
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The TV version of penguins
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doesn't prepare you
for the reality
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of seeing an actual
penguin colony.
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There are thousands
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of frozen penguin corpses
that litter the ground.
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And in summer the sewer stench
from 100.000 penguins
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can be pretty unbearable.
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Ten... nine... eight...
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Seven... Six...
Five... Four...
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Three... Two... One...
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Happy New Year, McMurdo!
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I like this place
for a lot of reasons.
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Part of me feels
like living at McMurdo
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is like living
in Never-Never Land.
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00:26:16,186 --> 00:26:17,486
There's a lot of people
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who, if you met an aggregate
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00:26:18,701 --> 00:26:20,701
of people back in
the United States my age,
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00:26:21,058 --> 00:26:22,592
they have gone in a very
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00:26:22,594 --> 00:26:23,960
different path in their lives.
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00:26:23,962 --> 00:26:26,662
And sometimes one of the things
I like the best
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00:26:26,664 --> 00:26:27,663
is being able to live a life
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00:26:27,665 --> 00:26:30,233
with people who are
willing to take
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00:26:30,235 --> 00:26:31,601
a slightly different
path in life.
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00:26:31,603 --> 00:26:32,902
And so for the first time
in my life
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I'm part of a majority because
a lot of us feel that way.
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00:26:35,773 --> 00:26:37,907
And I've never been part
of the majority before.
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00:26:46,116 --> 00:26:47,850
We're in this...
we're in a box.
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00:26:47,852 --> 00:26:49,652
And there's no escape
from each other.
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You can't get away.
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00:26:50,889 --> 00:26:54,090
You're forced to interact
day in and day out.
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And you get to know people
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very, very quickly.
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Whether those
relationships be good or bad
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they're going to be very,
very intense.
283
00:27:11,074 --> 00:27:13,142
That was awesome!
284
00:27:17,781 --> 00:27:19,949
Okay, stand by
for contact again.
285
00:28:29,353 --> 00:28:31,787
McMurdo Sound is as far south
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00:28:31,789 --> 00:28:35,257
as it is possible to bring
a ship in the world.
287
00:28:35,259 --> 00:28:37,259
And the arrival
of the supply ship
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00:28:37,261 --> 00:28:39,829
marks the last gasp
of summer here.
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00:29:32,849 --> 00:29:36,352
Once the ship has been offloaded
it's immediately reloaded
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00:29:36,354 --> 00:29:39,321
with all the rubbish,
recycling, human waste,
291
00:29:39,323 --> 00:29:42,324
and science-related cargo
from the last year.
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00:29:45,395 --> 00:29:47,396
Nothing is left behind.
293
00:29:57,774 --> 00:30:00,810
At the end of February,
the sun starts to briefly
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00:30:00,812 --> 00:30:02,778
dip back below the horizon.
295
00:30:08,819 --> 00:30:11,320
And those of us
who will be wintering over
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00:30:11,322 --> 00:30:13,022
begin to seek each other out.
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00:30:22,032 --> 00:30:26,202
But most people are
thinking about heading home.
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00:30:45,088 --> 00:30:46,856
Have you ever been tempted
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00:30:46,858 --> 00:30:48,424
to hang around for the winter?
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00:30:48,426 --> 00:30:49,859
No.
301
00:31:23,326 --> 00:31:26,061
When the last plane leaves
that's it.
302
00:31:26,063 --> 00:31:28,464
You're stuck here
for the next 6 months.
303
00:31:28,466 --> 00:31:29,899
No way out.
304
00:31:36,506 --> 00:31:40,176
I remember thinking
what the hell did I do?
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00:31:41,111 --> 00:31:43,145
I should be on that plane.
306
00:31:43,147 --> 00:31:44,380
No!
307
00:31:56,827 --> 00:31:58,093
God help us!
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00:32:01,932 --> 00:32:03,365
Once it's gone,
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00:32:03,367 --> 00:32:05,501
and the last sound of it
has disappeared,
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00:32:05,503 --> 00:32:08,604
it's like the whole town
just breathes a huge sigh.
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00:32:10,274 --> 00:32:13,075
Okay, here we are.
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00:32:13,077 --> 00:32:15,311
You look around at the people
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00:32:15,313 --> 00:32:18,447
and you say,
"Okay, you're my friends...
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00:32:18,449 --> 00:32:20,482
you're my family
for the next 6 months."
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00:32:22,552 --> 00:32:24,486
My first season
was in the winter
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00:32:24,488 --> 00:32:26,355
and I do recall watching
317
00:32:26,357 --> 00:32:28,224
that last plane leaving
and thinking
318
00:32:28,226 --> 00:32:30,860
boy I hope this is
what I want to do.
319
00:33:24,281 --> 00:33:25,514
Attention all stations.
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00:33:25,516 --> 00:33:28,617
Stand by for a severe
weather condition announcement.
321
00:33:28,619 --> 00:33:31,520
McMurdo weather has set
severe weather condition 2
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00:33:31,522 --> 00:33:34,056
for the following locations
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00:33:34,058 --> 00:33:38,093
McMurdo Station,
T-Site, Arrival Heights,
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00:33:39,229 --> 00:33:42,131
The Road to Scott Base,
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00:33:42,133 --> 00:33:45,334
Pegasus Field and road
to Pegasus Field.
326
00:33:47,070 --> 00:33:50,406
All other locations
remain Condition 3.
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00:33:50,408 --> 00:33:51,440
If there's any questions
328
00:33:51,442 --> 00:33:53,375
please contact McMurdo Weather
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00:33:53,377 --> 00:33:56,378
at extension 2523-2524.
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00:33:56,380 --> 00:33:59,014
Some people take
the winters here very well
331
00:33:59,016 --> 00:34:00,349
and there's others
that come down
332
00:34:00,351 --> 00:34:02,084
that just don't do well
with winter.
333
00:34:02,086 --> 00:34:04,553
You know there's not enough
going on for them.
334
00:34:04,555 --> 00:34:06,255
There's not enough
social life for them.
335
00:34:06,257 --> 00:34:09,959
It's actually, I think
a pretty definite line
336
00:34:09,961 --> 00:34:12,061
between winter people
and non-winter people.
337
00:34:12,063 --> 00:34:14,029
I mean, it's usually
fairly obvious.
338
00:34:24,674 --> 00:34:26,742
One of my main jobs
during the winter
339
00:34:26,744 --> 00:34:31,146
is to maintain communications
with the outside world.
340
00:34:31,148 --> 00:34:34,049
This means regular trips
out across the ice shelf
341
00:34:34,051 --> 00:34:37,152
to the satellite station
on Black Island.
342
00:34:38,321 --> 00:34:39,989
During the summer,
343
00:34:39,991 --> 00:34:42,658
it's only a 10-minute
helicopter flight away.
344
00:34:42,660 --> 00:34:45,127
But during the winter
it means getting in a vehicle,
345
00:34:45,129 --> 00:34:48,230
like a Pisten Bully
and driving there.
346
00:34:48,232 --> 00:34:51,200
When conditions are good
it's about a six-hour drive.
347
00:34:51,202 --> 00:34:53,702
But in recent years
the ice shelf has been having
348
00:34:53,704 --> 00:34:56,038
a lot of trouble
with surface melt.
349
00:34:58,408 --> 00:35:00,709
So sometimes
we've been literally
350
00:35:00,711 --> 00:35:03,545
crawling in and out of holes
taller than the vehicles
351
00:35:03,547 --> 00:35:05,647
trying to find a way
to get there.
352
00:35:09,686 --> 00:35:11,687
Hmm, now what?
353
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:18,761
Get around that.
354
00:35:32,742 --> 00:35:35,044
Hey Bill, can you see any
way through?
355
00:35:53,563 --> 00:35:55,297
Yeah, should be all right.
356
00:36:05,842 --> 00:36:08,410
Black Island is
one of the windiest places
357
00:36:08,412 --> 00:36:09,545
on the planet.
358
00:36:09,547 --> 00:36:12,247
It's so windy that peak winds
359
00:36:12,249 --> 00:36:13,749
have never been
accurately measured
360
00:36:13,751 --> 00:36:17,252
because of the wind gauges
getting blown away.
361
00:37:13,576 --> 00:37:17,312
Current wind speed
is 114 miles per hour
362
00:37:17,314 --> 00:37:18,881
or 99 knots...
363
00:37:18,883 --> 00:37:21,617
Make that 123 miles an hour.
364
00:37:23,186 --> 00:37:25,154
Although the camera
is on the tripod,
365
00:37:25,156 --> 00:37:27,589
you can see the picture
is actually quite shaky.
366
00:37:27,591 --> 00:37:28,790
That's because
the whole building
367
00:37:28,792 --> 00:37:30,792
is being shaken
by the 100-knot winds
368
00:37:30,794 --> 00:37:32,761
we've got at the moment.
369
00:37:32,763 --> 00:37:36,365
Just go for a walk out into
the main satellite dome here
370
00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:38,500
and show you what it looks like.
371
00:37:48,611 --> 00:37:51,213
As you can see,
it's a wee bit windy.
372
00:38:22,212 --> 00:38:23,478
I'll just show you
what it's like
373
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,281
in the bunkhouse here
after the last storm.
374
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,236
All the snow you can see
in the corner of the room here
375
00:38:47,238 --> 00:38:48,804
basically worked its way in
376
00:38:48,806 --> 00:38:51,373
through the tiny gaps
in the window seals.
377
00:38:52,508 --> 00:38:55,677
The wind speeds got up
to 222 miles an hour
378
00:38:55,679 --> 00:38:58,847
so this filled up in just
a matter of a few hours.
379
00:38:58,849 --> 00:39:01,383
And there's
a complete lounge suite
380
00:39:01,385 --> 00:39:02,451
in the corner over there.
381
00:39:02,453 --> 00:39:03,952
This is the fireplace
382
00:39:03,954 --> 00:39:08,023
that's normally used for
keeping the room warm.
383
00:40:13,690 --> 00:40:14,956
In the middle of March,
384
00:40:14,958 --> 00:40:17,759
there's that magical
brief couple of weeks
385
00:40:17,761 --> 00:40:19,761
when the sun is rising
and setting
386
00:40:19,763 --> 00:40:21,363
like normal days
387
00:40:21,365 --> 00:40:23,398
and you can actually
leave the curtains open
388
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:24,800
on your window at night
389
00:40:24,802 --> 00:40:28,537
to be woken up
by the sunrise in the morning.
390
00:41:29,999 --> 00:41:33,769
We were out
and the wind came up
391
00:41:33,771 --> 00:41:36,805
and there was just moments
that it was so cold
392
00:41:36,807 --> 00:41:38,807
I could really
393
00:41:38,809 --> 00:41:41,143
actually feel the danger in it
394
00:41:41,145 --> 00:41:45,781
and feel the...
this crazy like mind thing
395
00:41:45,783 --> 00:41:47,783
that happened that was like...
396
00:41:47,785 --> 00:41:49,751
it was hard to focus
on anything
397
00:41:49,753 --> 00:41:53,789
except just getting out
of the conditions we were in
398
00:41:53,791 --> 00:41:56,558
and trying
to just be warm again.
399
00:41:57,727 --> 00:42:00,629
It was really hard
to still focus on
400
00:42:00,631 --> 00:42:03,131
gathering all of the gear
and trying
401
00:42:03,133 --> 00:42:05,000
to do what needed to be done
402
00:42:05,002 --> 00:42:07,002
rather that just run
403
00:42:07,004 --> 00:42:08,537
for whatever vehicle
404
00:42:08,539 --> 00:42:09,838
or, you know, it was...
405
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,673
it was amazing how
406
00:42:11,675 --> 00:42:13,642
your instinct...
it just...
407
00:42:13,644 --> 00:42:14,843
it just snaps.
408
00:42:17,647 --> 00:42:21,116
The first time where
I was just ridiculously cold
409
00:42:21,118 --> 00:42:23,585
was actually with you
just a few days ago
410
00:42:23,587 --> 00:42:25,787
taking the shift photo
up on the hill.
411
00:42:25,789 --> 00:42:26,822
Oh yeah.
412
00:42:28,157 --> 00:42:29,224
The wind was whipping
through there.
413
00:42:29,226 --> 00:42:32,160
I'd probably say it was
negative 80 with wind chill.
414
00:42:32,162 --> 00:42:35,030
And I remember
looking over at Chris Cavanaugh
415
00:42:35,032 --> 00:42:37,532
and tears were streaming
down his face.
416
00:42:37,534 --> 00:42:39,534
He didn't even know it
because it was so cold
417
00:42:39,536 --> 00:42:41,470
and the thing that surprised me
418
00:42:41,472 --> 00:42:43,538
is when he looked
at me a second time
419
00:42:43,540 --> 00:42:45,941
those tears had frozen
to his face.
420
00:42:47,076 --> 00:42:49,778
So that's...
421
00:42:49,780 --> 00:42:51,680
that made an impression on me.
422
00:42:51,682 --> 00:42:53,648
Maybe it's time to get inside.
423
00:43:03,025 --> 00:43:04,860
We're about 30 K's away
424
00:43:04,862 --> 00:43:08,196
from the nearest seawater here
and it's still quite common
425
00:43:08,198 --> 00:43:09,831
to find guys like this.
426
00:43:09,833 --> 00:43:11,833
It's a mummified seal
427
00:43:11,835 --> 00:43:12,968
that's lost its way
428
00:43:12,970 --> 00:43:14,569
and wandered inland.
429
00:43:14,571 --> 00:43:16,638
It's an amazingly
common occurrence.
430
00:43:37,026 --> 00:43:38,894
It's heartbreaking when you see
431
00:43:38,896 --> 00:43:41,129
animals in distress like this
432
00:43:41,131 --> 00:43:42,898
because we're not allowed
to interfere.
433
00:43:46,302 --> 00:43:48,870
We just have to let nature
take its course.
434
00:44:01,918 --> 00:44:03,752
It can be really hard
435
00:44:03,754 --> 00:44:06,788
just being away from home
and hearing stories.
436
00:44:06,790 --> 00:44:09,891
My sister just had a baby boy
a week ago.
437
00:44:09,893 --> 00:44:11,293
And that day was...
438
00:44:12,595 --> 00:44:13,628
really bittersweet.
439
00:44:13,630 --> 00:44:14,796
It was really cool,
440
00:44:14,798 --> 00:44:16,264
but man I wanted nothing
more than
441
00:44:16,266 --> 00:44:17,666
to get the hell out of here
442
00:44:17,668 --> 00:44:18,700
just for a day.
443
00:44:18,702 --> 00:44:20,702
Go home and enjoy that moment
444
00:44:20,704 --> 00:44:23,038
with my family
because they were all together
445
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:25,173
and then I was down here,
446
00:44:25,175 --> 00:44:27,776
you know,
shooting emails out all day
447
00:44:27,778 --> 00:44:29,110
and then on the phone
a couple times
448
00:44:29,112 --> 00:44:30,392
and that was really really hard.
449
00:44:31,981 --> 00:44:33,682
So for me,
450
00:44:33,684 --> 00:44:36,351
what sucks is definitely
451
00:44:36,353 --> 00:44:38,587
missing family,
but more importantly
452
00:44:38,589 --> 00:44:40,589
missing these big moments
with them,
453
00:44:40,591 --> 00:44:41,590
you know,
454
00:44:41,592 --> 00:44:43,224
my family's lives back home.
455
00:44:47,296 --> 00:44:49,264
Well, I mean, first of all,
456
00:44:49,266 --> 00:44:50,865
I had my concerns.
457
00:44:50,867 --> 00:44:52,267
And this is what I do
always in my life
458
00:44:52,269 --> 00:44:53,301
that if I'm ever feeling low
459
00:44:53,303 --> 00:44:55,337
I have things around
just in case.
460
00:44:55,339 --> 00:44:57,839
One of the things is I brought
a lot of photos of my family
461
00:44:57,841 --> 00:44:59,841
so I have them taped
to my fridge.
462
00:44:59,843 --> 00:45:01,142
And then I just know
463
00:45:01,144 --> 00:45:02,377
that there's always
people on my side
464
00:45:02,379 --> 00:45:05,146
even if it seems like the walls
are closing in down here.
465
00:45:15,124 --> 00:45:17,325
It was just like any other day
466
00:45:17,327 --> 00:45:18,227
and the phone rang.
467
00:45:20,262 --> 00:45:21,896
It was my grandmother
468
00:45:21,898 --> 00:45:24,099
and immediately
my heart sunk because
469
00:45:24,101 --> 00:45:25,867
I knew something was wrong.
470
00:45:28,104 --> 00:45:31,306
And she told me that
my father had passed away
471
00:45:31,308 --> 00:45:32,907
and...
472
00:45:33,909 --> 00:45:35,110
it was quite a shock.
473
00:45:36,145 --> 00:45:37,946
I never expected that
474
00:45:37,948 --> 00:45:41,716
it was...
it was really difficult.
475
00:45:41,718 --> 00:45:44,419
I mean, when you lose a parent
476
00:45:44,421 --> 00:45:48,289
it's a big thing.
And to not be able to
477
00:45:48,291 --> 00:45:50,892
be with your family
during that time
478
00:45:50,894 --> 00:45:54,396
and not be able
to go to the funeral.
479
00:45:54,398 --> 00:45:58,266
I just...
it leaves things unfinished.
480
00:46:04,006 --> 00:46:07,008
I wanted to be there
for my family.
481
00:46:07,010 --> 00:46:08,710
I needed to be there
482
00:46:08,712 --> 00:46:09,711
and I couldn't.
483
00:46:26,295 --> 00:46:28,963
It's probably the most
isolated place on the planet
484
00:46:28,965 --> 00:46:31,232
and that's really hard
to adjust to.
485
00:46:31,234 --> 00:46:33,468
I can see people who...
486
00:46:33,470 --> 00:46:36,171
one winter would be
enough for them.
487
00:46:39,041 --> 00:46:40,809
It's really hard for a lot
of people.
488
00:46:53,889 --> 00:46:55,190
I found that there
was this curve
489
00:46:55,192 --> 00:46:57,058
where I just really
started missing like
490
00:46:57,060 --> 00:46:58,460
eating sushi and Indian food
491
00:46:58,462 --> 00:46:59,928
and going to movies
and just like...
492
00:46:59,930 --> 00:47:00,995
the life.
493
00:47:00,997 --> 00:47:02,230
And then it became like so much
494
00:47:02,232 --> 00:47:03,898
that I just really
missed it a lot
495
00:47:03,900 --> 00:47:06,868
and then it just
dropped off and...
496
00:47:06,870 --> 00:47:07,969
I don't miss...
497
00:47:07,971 --> 00:47:09,370
I don't know if it's like
498
00:47:09,372 --> 00:47:11,106
a post-traumatic stress
disorder response
499
00:47:11,108 --> 00:47:12,474
or I don't want to think
about what I miss
500
00:47:12,476 --> 00:47:13,942
or I'll get really distressed
or what it is,
501
00:47:13,944 --> 00:47:16,311
but there's
not a lot that I miss.
502
00:47:16,313 --> 00:47:18,880
I've been thinking
about avocados lately.
503
00:47:18,882 --> 00:47:20,815
An avocado would be nice.
504
00:47:20,817 --> 00:47:22,050
You may want to have
505
00:47:23,119 --> 00:47:24,919
a toast with avocado
506
00:47:24,921 --> 00:47:27,455
and then you can only
dream about it.
507
00:47:27,457 --> 00:47:29,023
But simple as...
508
00:47:31,026 --> 00:47:33,495
black tea with fresh milk
509
00:47:33,497 --> 00:47:35,063
or perhaps even better
510
00:47:35,065 --> 00:47:36,831
with fresh cream.
511
00:47:36,833 --> 00:47:37,932
Dark bread.
512
00:47:39,435 --> 00:47:40,401
Cauliflower.
513
00:47:41,270 --> 00:47:42,937
It's brilliant.
514
00:47:42,939 --> 00:47:45,907
Just to have
a fresh head of cauliflower
515
00:47:45,909 --> 00:47:47,075
would be very nice now.
516
00:47:52,848 --> 00:47:54,215
Noooooo!
517
00:47:55,852 --> 00:47:58,153
It's no good we can't do
anything for him now.
518
00:47:58,155 --> 00:48:00,021
In the winter of 2008,
519
00:48:00,023 --> 00:48:01,523
I started a 48-hour
520
00:48:01,525 --> 00:48:03,124
Antarctic film festival.
521
00:48:07,263 --> 00:48:11,032
And invited all the bases
on the continent to participate.
522
00:48:16,005 --> 00:48:17,372
One of the greatest pleasures
523
00:48:17,374 --> 00:48:19,240
of watching these films
each year
524
00:48:19,242 --> 00:48:22,911
is just getting to see what
the other bases look like...
525
00:48:26,215 --> 00:48:27,482
and who else is out there
526
00:48:27,484 --> 00:48:29,384
wintering over on the ice.
527
00:48:46,068 --> 00:48:47,435
Carolina,
528
00:48:47,437 --> 00:48:48,536
great to hear your voice.
529
00:48:48,538 --> 00:48:50,038
Yes how are you?
530
00:48:51,340 --> 00:48:53,374
I'm good. Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.
531
00:48:53,376 --> 00:48:54,542
Everything's good here.
532
00:48:54,544 --> 00:48:56,211
Just um...
533
00:48:56,213 --> 00:48:57,011
having...
534
00:48:57,013 --> 00:48:59,247
having my breakfast
and some coffee.
535
00:49:02,017 --> 00:49:03,985
How are your parents?
536
00:49:26,408 --> 00:49:28,508
- Another hour?
- Ummm.
537
00:49:32,615 --> 00:49:34,649
Are we ever going
to see the sun again?
538
00:49:35,484 --> 00:49:36,618
One day.
539
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:06,147
Guess you start to get used
540
00:50:06,149 --> 00:50:07,916
to living in a world
without light.
541
00:50:11,153 --> 00:50:14,022
The days get short
and the nights get long
542
00:50:14,024 --> 00:50:16,157
'till the nights get real long.
543
00:50:16,159 --> 00:50:17,992
Towards the end
of the month there...
544
00:50:18,994 --> 00:50:20,361
there's no more sun
545
00:50:20,363 --> 00:50:23,631
and...
that's all she wrote.
546
00:50:49,625 --> 00:50:51,659
I was scared
of the coming darkness
547
00:50:51,661 --> 00:50:53,027
the coming darkness
548
00:50:53,029 --> 00:50:56,064
for so many months
and I thought
549
00:50:56,066 --> 00:50:57,298
is that going to get to me?
550
00:50:57,300 --> 00:50:58,967
Is that going to make me...
551
00:50:58,969 --> 00:51:00,068
well, how will that affect me?
552
00:51:00,070 --> 00:51:02,437
I was pretty scared of that
and how that might...
553
00:51:02,439 --> 00:51:05,106
just change me.
554
00:51:07,009 --> 00:51:08,576
I would correspond
with winter-overs
555
00:51:08,578 --> 00:51:10,178
when I was off the ice
556
00:51:10,180 --> 00:51:11,820
and you could just
see it in their emails.
557
00:51:12,581 --> 00:51:13,448
They would change.
558
00:51:13,450 --> 00:51:16,017
And I'm like wow
is that going to change me?
559
00:51:16,019 --> 00:51:17,085
I don't know.
560
00:51:22,524 --> 00:51:25,193
As it is the light changes
enough in the sky
561
00:51:25,195 --> 00:51:26,561
that it's still seems to me
562
00:51:26,563 --> 00:51:29,163
that the sun is just
around the corner.
563
00:51:29,165 --> 00:51:31,632
And I think that's had a great
effect on me because
564
00:51:31,634 --> 00:51:32,500
it just reminds me that no,
565
00:51:32,502 --> 00:51:33,735
it's not just dark.
566
00:51:34,636 --> 00:51:35,503
Attention all stations
567
00:51:35,505 --> 00:51:38,305
standby for a severe
weather condition announcement.
568
00:51:38,308 --> 00:51:41,108
McMurdo weather has set
Severe Weather Condition One
569
00:51:41,150 --> 00:51:43,150
for the following locations:
570
00:51:43,646 --> 00:51:46,681
McMurdo Station, T-site,
Arrival Heights,
571
00:51:46,683 --> 00:51:48,216
Pegasus Field,
572
00:51:48,218 --> 00:51:50,018
Williams Field,
road to Williams Field...
573
00:51:51,453 --> 00:51:52,653
Check this out.
574
00:51:55,457 --> 00:51:59,560
This is the entryway
to our dorm.
575
00:51:59,562 --> 00:52:02,096
Normally this has carpet
on the ground
576
00:52:02,098 --> 00:52:04,365
and the walls are just
normally walls, you know,
577
00:52:04,367 --> 00:52:05,633
But...
578
00:52:05,635 --> 00:52:07,235
We're going to open
the door right now
579
00:52:07,237 --> 00:52:08,403
and it's a little bit
like opening up
580
00:52:08,405 --> 00:52:09,570
the door to another world.
581
00:52:11,173 --> 00:52:12,740
Are you ready?
582
00:52:22,785 --> 00:52:24,752
It's a little bit blowy
out there right now.
583
00:52:43,439 --> 00:52:45,706
You know,
when you watch television here
584
00:52:45,708 --> 00:52:46,841
and you see all the things
585
00:52:46,843 --> 00:52:48,676
that are going wrong
in the world
586
00:52:48,678 --> 00:52:50,111
you know that's...
587
00:52:50,113 --> 00:52:51,279
it's like thank
goodness I'm here.
588
00:52:51,281 --> 00:52:53,581
But then you also
then watch shows where
589
00:52:53,583 --> 00:52:56,284
you see swaying palm trees
590
00:52:57,419 --> 00:52:59,554
and people laughing
591
00:52:59,556 --> 00:53:01,289
and bucolic scenes
592
00:53:01,291 --> 00:53:02,290
and you're not there.
593
00:53:02,292 --> 00:53:04,325
You're here where it's
dark and cold and windy.
594
00:54:01,283 --> 00:54:02,817
I was out on the sea ice,
595
00:54:02,819 --> 00:54:04,919
and suddenly
off of Observation Hill
596
00:54:04,921 --> 00:54:07,855
comes rolling
these just waves...
597
00:54:07,857 --> 00:54:09,924
waves of green...
598
00:54:09,926 --> 00:54:12,827
like fairy dust.
599
00:54:12,829 --> 00:54:14,295
Like a giant curtain
of fairy dust
600
00:54:14,297 --> 00:54:16,297
just kind of undulating over me
601
00:54:16,299 --> 00:54:19,567
that filled the whole sky
and just moved in waves across.
602
00:54:19,569 --> 00:54:22,570
And I thought this is
either what it looks like
603
00:54:22,572 --> 00:54:23,871
if aliens are about
to abduct you.
604
00:54:23,873 --> 00:54:29,177
And almost like you feel like
you could reach up and touch it.
605
00:54:29,179 --> 00:54:31,412
Or if you're a person
who believes in Heaven...
606
00:54:31,414 --> 00:54:32,880
maybe this is what you see
when you go to Heaven.
607
00:54:32,882 --> 00:54:34,215
I'm not sure,
608
00:54:34,217 --> 00:54:36,884
but it was really an emotional
life-changing experience for me.
609
00:54:36,886 --> 00:54:40,922
I mean I really found myself
not realizing I'd done it.
610
00:54:40,924 --> 00:54:43,624
When I figured out
where my body position was
611
00:54:43,626 --> 00:54:46,494
I was actually on my knees
and I was crying.
612
00:54:46,496 --> 00:54:48,016
Like that's how beautiful
it was to me.
613
00:56:18,487 --> 00:56:19,620
It's the month of June
614
00:56:19,622 --> 00:56:22,323
and right now
it's the middle of the day.
615
00:56:49,351 --> 00:56:51,886
I grew up in a very rural area
616
00:56:51,888 --> 00:56:53,788
so I could see
the stars very well.
617
00:56:53,790 --> 00:56:55,056
...In rural Minnesota.
618
00:56:55,058 --> 00:56:56,590
And I've been in the mountains
619
00:56:56,592 --> 00:56:57,625
and, you know, Colorado.
620
00:56:57,627 --> 00:56:59,794
And I thought
wow the sky looks beautiful.
621
00:56:59,796 --> 00:57:01,929
But I never knew a star
could flash like...
622
00:57:01,931 --> 00:57:03,931
fluorescent pink...
fluorescent green...
623
00:57:03,933 --> 00:57:04,832
fluorescent blue...
white...
624
00:57:04,834 --> 00:57:06,033
just in that rotation.
625
00:57:06,035 --> 00:57:07,335
Just blink-blink-
blink-blink-blink.
626
00:57:07,337 --> 00:57:08,869
One star like...
627
00:57:08,871 --> 00:57:10,037
it looks like a strobe
light to me.
628
00:57:10,039 --> 00:57:12,940
There's a lot of them that look
629
00:57:12,942 --> 00:57:14,408
like a strobe light up there.
630
00:57:14,410 --> 00:57:15,443
And you would never know...
631
00:57:15,445 --> 00:57:16,744
you'd never know...
632
00:57:16,746 --> 00:57:18,346
what the sky looks like.
633
00:57:19,081 --> 00:57:20,748
It's wonderful.
634
00:57:56,752 --> 00:58:00,388
I loved the 24 hours
of darkness.
635
00:58:00,390 --> 00:58:02,757
Maybe on full moon nights,
and other nights,
636
00:58:02,759 --> 00:58:03,491
I would see the mountains.
637
00:58:03,493 --> 00:58:05,826
But sometimes I'd forget
the mountains were even there.
638
00:58:05,828 --> 00:58:09,063
And so my entire world
was just in the little spaces
639
00:58:09,065 --> 00:58:10,631
and walking around.
640
00:58:16,405 --> 00:58:18,839
It really does
change your perception.
641
00:58:43,799 --> 00:58:45,099
Towards the end of summer,
642
00:58:45,101 --> 00:58:46,967
the thing I was most
looking forward to was
643
00:58:46,969 --> 00:58:48,669
seeing darkness again.
644
00:58:48,671 --> 00:58:50,738
Like I just wanted
to see some nighttime.
645
00:58:53,742 --> 00:58:54,909
And now that it's night time.
646
00:58:56,578 --> 00:58:59,814
I don't really miss the day
that much right now.
647
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:07,121
We have three dinners
here each year.
648
00:59:07,123 --> 00:59:09,523
Of course our sunset
now at the midwinter,
649
00:59:09,525 --> 00:59:12,793
and as we all know
that sun rise isn't far away.
650
00:59:14,463 --> 00:59:16,497
So I'd like you
to charge your glasses
651
00:59:16,499 --> 00:59:19,033
and to friendships
and long-lasting friendships.
652
00:59:19,035 --> 00:59:19,934
Thank you.
653
00:59:19,936 --> 00:59:21,202
Cheers!
654
00:59:24,473 --> 00:59:26,006
Cheers!
655
00:59:30,111 --> 00:59:31,779
It's very cool that there is
656
00:59:31,781 --> 00:59:33,781
a unique holiday in Antarctica
657
00:59:33,783 --> 00:59:36,750
that people from all
over the world celebrate
658
00:59:36,752 --> 00:59:38,118
and we send greetings
to each other,
659
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:39,086
and good will to each other,
660
00:59:39,088 --> 00:59:41,155
and remember the history
that brought us here
661
00:59:41,157 --> 00:59:42,590
in the first place
662
00:59:42,592 --> 00:59:44,191
and the goals
of what we're up to
663
00:59:44,193 --> 00:59:45,159
here in the first place.
664
00:59:53,569 --> 00:59:55,870
And it's just...
665
00:59:55,872 --> 00:59:57,238
it's wonderful.
666
00:59:57,240 --> 00:59:59,240
I really liked
the mid-winter time.
667
01:00:25,934 --> 01:00:27,835
Oh God.
668
01:00:33,876 --> 01:00:35,309
Well, that woke me up.
669
01:00:36,912 --> 01:00:37,811
Come on, Brody.
670
01:00:37,813 --> 01:00:38,746
Do it. Do it.
Do it.
671
01:00:49,224 --> 01:00:49,957
How is it?
672
01:00:49,959 --> 01:00:51,125
Cold.
673
01:00:54,763 --> 01:00:56,964
The other day
I came in from outside
674
01:00:56,966 --> 01:00:59,934
and Christine asked me
is it cold outside today?
675
01:00:59,936 --> 01:01:00,801
And I said "Oh no.
676
01:01:00,803 --> 01:01:01,936
It's not too bad."
677
01:01:01,938 --> 01:01:04,138
And then it struck me...
678
01:01:04,140 --> 01:01:05,172
the absurdity
of the conversation
679
01:01:05,174 --> 01:01:06,907
because we're in Antarctica,
680
01:01:06,909 --> 01:01:08,309
It's the middle of winter,
681
01:01:08,311 --> 01:01:10,911
and she's asking me
if it's cold outside.
682
01:01:10,913 --> 01:01:13,314
And secondly it was 40 below.
683
01:01:13,316 --> 01:01:15,049
We haven't seen
the sun for months
684
01:01:15,051 --> 01:01:16,784
and I thought it was a nice day.
685
01:01:16,786 --> 01:01:20,854
So it's fascinating
the way our perceptions
686
01:01:20,856 --> 01:01:24,091
of what we consider normal
have shifted.
687
01:01:24,993 --> 01:01:26,860
Nine, zero, six.
Firehouse.
688
01:01:28,663 --> 01:01:30,197
Go for nine, zero, six.
689
01:01:30,199 --> 01:01:31,999
Hey just checking
on the progress
690
01:01:32,001 --> 01:01:33,767
is Scott Base road open again?
691
01:01:33,769 --> 01:01:37,071
That is a negative.
We need 10 more minutes.
692
01:01:37,073 --> 01:01:40,808
Being in this office-type
setting under fluorescents
693
01:01:40,810 --> 01:01:42,610
for the six-day work week,
694
01:01:42,612 --> 01:01:45,145
I think that ended up
being much more...
695
01:01:45,147 --> 01:01:47,314
of a challenge
because I wasn't outside
696
01:01:47,316 --> 01:01:48,882
and doing anything.
697
01:01:48,884 --> 01:01:49,984
Firehouse, Genevieve.
698
01:01:51,853 --> 01:01:52,953
Sure, one sec.
699
01:01:54,155 --> 01:01:58,192
Trying to break out
of that rut of just...
700
01:01:58,194 --> 01:02:00,160
waking...
going to work...
701
01:02:00,162 --> 01:02:01,996
eating...
sleeping...
702
01:02:01,998 --> 01:02:04,632
and doing it all over again.
703
01:02:04,634 --> 01:02:05,899
Firehouse, Genevieve.
704
01:02:14,709 --> 01:02:16,310
A lot of people work
the same thing
705
01:02:16,312 --> 01:02:17,244
every day
706
01:02:17,246 --> 01:02:21,348
and they're not used
to repetitive motions
707
01:02:21,350 --> 01:02:23,851
in their actions.
708
01:02:23,853 --> 01:02:25,986
It can be kind of tiring
709
01:02:25,988 --> 01:02:27,354
just to do
the same thing every day.
710
01:02:27,356 --> 01:02:29,189
You have to bring some
spice into it.
711
01:02:36,031 --> 01:02:37,231
Thank you.
712
01:02:41,836 --> 01:02:45,439
Francis, your chef at McMurdo,
713
01:02:46,808 --> 01:02:48,942
we exchange a few.
714
01:02:50,779 --> 01:02:52,946
He brought his mead
715
01:02:52,948 --> 01:02:55,449
and I gave him a bottle,
716
01:02:55,451 --> 01:02:57,251
this mixed nine bottle.
717
01:02:57,253 --> 01:02:59,420
And he says it's a very
good drink.
718
01:02:59,422 --> 01:03:02,156
So well,
tell me what you think?
719
01:03:02,158 --> 01:03:04,024
- Cheers.
- L'chaim.
720
01:03:07,262 --> 01:03:10,397
The winter season sets up
and offers more
721
01:03:10,399 --> 01:03:12,433
of an introspective outlook...
722
01:03:14,469 --> 01:03:16,870
where you can
take the time to read
723
01:03:16,872 --> 01:03:18,138
or work on a craft.
724
01:03:19,407 --> 01:03:20,441
There's still times.
725
01:03:20,443 --> 01:03:24,044
But I think it really helps
726
01:03:24,046 --> 01:03:25,913
if you can
spend that time alone.
727
01:03:28,283 --> 01:03:32,219
There's no substitute for just
having a good book in your hand.
728
01:03:32,221 --> 01:03:34,154
Andrew Weil.
729
01:03:34,156 --> 01:03:37,257
Now it's a very small
small print here.
730
01:03:37,259 --> 01:03:38,492
Biblical Hebrew.
731
01:03:38,494 --> 01:03:40,894
Grammar of biblical Hebrew.
732
01:03:40,896 --> 01:03:42,863
I knit.
733
01:03:42,865 --> 01:03:45,899
It keeps away the feeling
of stir craziness in the winter
734
01:03:45,901 --> 01:03:48,235
when I just feel like I might
like to tear my hair out
735
01:03:48,237 --> 01:03:49,277
and run outside screaming.
736
01:04:45,059 --> 01:04:46,326
Towards the end of winter
737
01:04:46,328 --> 01:04:48,462
the extreme cold, the fatigue,
738
01:04:48,464 --> 01:04:51,832
and constant lack of sunlight
or any new stimulus
739
01:04:51,834 --> 01:04:55,102
creates a condition
called T3 Syndrome.
740
01:04:55,104 --> 01:04:56,937
Attention all stations,
741
01:04:56,939 --> 01:04:58,372
standby for a severe weather
condition announcement.
742
01:04:58,374 --> 01:04:59,873
The N-S-S...
743
01:05:01,209 --> 01:05:03,377
N-S-F station manager,
744
01:05:03,379 --> 01:05:06,113
has set severe weather
condition one for...
745
01:05:07,949 --> 01:05:09,983
the following locations.
746
01:05:09,985 --> 01:05:11,251
So I work at the store,
747
01:05:11,253 --> 01:05:13,554
and we open every day at 11:30,
748
01:05:13,556 --> 01:05:15,389
and almost every day
749
01:05:15,391 --> 01:05:16,557
this person comes in
750
01:05:16,559 --> 01:05:20,160
and buys something at like
11:35 or 11:40.
751
01:05:20,162 --> 01:05:21,094
We have the same conversation.
752
01:05:21,096 --> 01:05:25,866
I usually give him
a pack of cigarettes.
753
01:05:25,868 --> 01:05:27,401
And the other day
at about the same time
754
01:05:27,403 --> 01:05:29,369
he comes in and he goes "Wow!
755
01:05:29,371 --> 01:05:31,338
I didn't know
you guys opened at this time.
756
01:05:31,340 --> 01:05:33,240
Have you always been open
at this time?"
757
01:05:33,242 --> 01:05:34,842
And I was like,
758
01:05:34,844 --> 01:05:37,177
"So and so,
you come in every single day.
759
01:05:37,179 --> 01:05:40,080
You buy the same thing
every single day."
760
01:05:40,082 --> 01:05:41,048
And he was just like,
761
01:05:41,050 --> 01:05:43,150
"Wow, I never thought you guys
were open at this time."
762
01:05:43,152 --> 01:05:44,918
and he just kind of
wandered off.
763
01:05:49,524 --> 01:05:51,291
Firehouse, Genevieve.
764
01:05:51,893 --> 01:05:54,895
A couple of days ago
Talie called and I said.
765
01:05:54,897 --> 01:05:55,863
"Oh, Talie,
I'm so glad you called.
766
01:05:55,865 --> 01:05:58,465
I was just thinking about...
I was thinking about you.
767
01:05:58,467 --> 01:05:59,867
I was just about to page you."
768
01:05:59,869 --> 01:06:00,901
And she said,
"Well you did page me."
769
01:06:00,903 --> 01:06:03,937
So I had completely forgotten
that I had paged her.
770
01:06:03,939 --> 01:06:06,506
And that seems to happen
more times than not.
771
01:06:06,508 --> 01:06:09,509
There was a time where...
I was... had to go outside
772
01:06:09,511 --> 01:06:13,146
and the chief... eh... she
tossed down a pair of boots.
773
01:06:13,148 --> 01:06:15,182
I go ahead and I put them on
774
01:06:15,184 --> 01:06:16,950
and I'm walking around in them
775
01:06:16,952 --> 01:06:18,318
they feel really weird.
776
01:06:19,220 --> 01:06:20,454
I don't know why.
777
01:06:20,456 --> 01:06:23,056
I get to the door of the bay
778
01:06:23,058 --> 01:06:25,225
where I'm leaving and...
779
01:06:25,227 --> 01:06:26,193
and I look down and...
780
01:06:26,195 --> 01:06:28,362
they're on the wrong feet.
781
01:06:28,364 --> 01:06:30,931
So I walk back,
I pull them off.
782
01:06:30,933 --> 01:06:33,667
I take the right boot off
and set it down.
783
01:06:33,669 --> 01:06:36,270
And take the left boot off
and set it down.
784
01:06:36,272 --> 01:06:37,537
I pick up the first one
785
01:06:37,639 --> 01:06:39,606
and put it on the same foot
I just had it on
786
01:06:39,608 --> 01:06:40,374
and put on the...
787
01:06:40,376 --> 01:06:43,377
So I had basically
taken them off
788
01:06:43,379 --> 01:06:44,478
and put them back
on the wrong feet
789
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:46,213
and walked outside again.
790
01:06:49,417 --> 01:06:51,084
I've been coming down here
since '99
791
01:06:51,086 --> 01:06:52,653
so it's kind of...
792
01:06:52,655 --> 01:06:54,454
it's all the same
to me pretty much.
793
01:06:54,456 --> 01:06:57,991
It's gone.
My memory is gone.
794
01:06:57,993 --> 01:07:00,994
I remember trying to call my Dad
795
01:07:00,996 --> 01:07:03,964
at the same phone number
I grew up with.
796
01:07:03,966 --> 01:07:05,098
I couldn't remember it.
797
01:07:05,100 --> 01:07:08,235
I caught myself trying to...
798
01:07:08,237 --> 01:07:10,037
It took me over 10 seconds
799
01:07:10,039 --> 01:07:14,675
to remember if S came before
or after T in the alphabet.
800
01:07:14,677 --> 01:07:16,944
And that was like a sign.
801
01:07:16,946 --> 01:07:19,513
I need to get up
and away from my desk
802
01:07:19,614 --> 01:07:20,514
and get a grip.
803
01:07:21,549 --> 01:07:22,482
Ahhhhh.
804
01:07:24,218 --> 01:07:25,352
Ahhhhh.
805
01:07:28,323 --> 01:07:31,525
I've started saying "Ahhh"
a lot more
806
01:07:31,527 --> 01:07:33,093
than I ever used to
and it's not something
807
01:07:33,095 --> 01:07:33,994
I mean to do.
808
01:07:33,996 --> 01:07:36,997
It's just something that
I use to fill the time
809
01:07:36,999 --> 01:07:39,666
where I never did that before
I came down here.
810
01:07:39,668 --> 01:07:41,668
I never, I mean,
I would say "Ah",
811
01:07:41,670 --> 01:07:43,737
but I would never say
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh."
812
01:07:45,406 --> 01:07:47,174
You ahhhh...
813
01:07:47,176 --> 01:07:49,142
I just had a T3 moment.
814
01:07:49,144 --> 01:07:52,245
I totally forgot
my line of thinking.
815
01:07:55,216 --> 01:07:57,017
Sorry, what was
the original question?
816
01:08:24,779 --> 01:08:28,348
If there's any way
to bottle or bring in
817
01:08:28,350 --> 01:08:30,650
just the smell of summer...
818
01:08:30,652 --> 01:08:32,219
the scent of flowers...
819
01:08:32,221 --> 01:08:34,121
and of rain and of green grass
820
01:08:34,123 --> 01:08:35,188
and of rivers.
821
01:08:38,693 --> 01:08:42,329
The smell of crops and corn
822
01:08:42,331 --> 01:08:44,131
and just the smell of dirt.
823
01:08:45,433 --> 01:08:46,733
There's no smell of dirt here.
824
01:08:46,735 --> 01:08:48,668
It's all volcanic.
825
01:08:55,543 --> 01:08:56,476
Oh man.
826
01:08:57,445 --> 01:08:58,512
I miss the rain
827
01:08:58,514 --> 01:09:00,747
and trees and water and...
828
01:09:02,183 --> 01:09:05,786
family and my knuckle-head
nephews.
829
01:09:05,788 --> 01:09:07,421
You do miss out on quite a bit.
830
01:09:08,689 --> 01:09:11,358
You do make some sacrifices
coming down here.
831
01:09:17,732 --> 01:09:22,135
I probably
would never repeat winter.
832
01:09:22,137 --> 01:09:23,703
The problem is...
833
01:09:23,705 --> 01:09:24,838
you never know
834
01:09:24,840 --> 01:09:26,339
who you'll end up with.
835
01:09:34,215 --> 01:09:35,715
You almost feel
like you're stuck...
836
01:09:35,717 --> 01:09:37,284
stuck in a really small town
837
01:09:37,286 --> 01:09:39,453
and there's nothing
else out there...
838
01:09:41,255 --> 01:09:42,589
until the sun starts coming out.
839
01:09:42,591 --> 01:09:44,691
And then you realize
where you are again.
840
01:10:04,812 --> 01:10:07,347
There's a great feeling
of anticipation
841
01:10:07,349 --> 01:10:08,715
when twilight begins
842
01:10:08,717 --> 01:10:10,717
to creep back into the sky
in August.
843
01:10:12,453 --> 01:10:14,688
It's a bit like being
a child again
844
01:10:14,690 --> 01:10:16,123
waiting for Christmas.
845
01:10:19,694 --> 01:10:22,395
August is also the coldest
time of the year.
846
01:10:24,565 --> 01:10:28,301
And nacreous clouds
will start to form a lot more.
847
01:10:31,205 --> 01:10:33,206
Although this is part
of the process
848
01:10:33,208 --> 01:10:35,775
that is destroying
the ozone layer,
849
01:10:35,777 --> 01:10:37,677
when the sun finally
does hit them
850
01:10:37,679 --> 01:10:39,246
it can look incredible.
851
01:10:39,248 --> 01:10:41,481
Like the entire sky in on fire.
852
01:11:15,716 --> 01:11:17,751
Seeing the sun is always still
853
01:11:17,753 --> 01:11:19,619
the most amazing experience.
854
01:11:19,621 --> 01:11:22,255
I wait for it.
I wait for it to come back.
855
01:11:50,284 --> 01:11:53,386
And then there'll be that
moment where I see it.
856
01:11:53,388 --> 01:11:55,388
And I never know when
that moment is going to be.
857
01:11:55,390 --> 01:11:57,357
But when it happens,
858
01:11:57,359 --> 01:11:59,626
I just have to stop
wherever I am.
859
01:11:59,628 --> 01:12:01,628
Stop in my tracks
and I just look at it.
860
01:12:01,630 --> 01:12:04,331
I just want it to fill
the inside of my head,
861
01:12:04,333 --> 01:12:06,833
just let that sun
come right through my eyes.
862
01:12:06,835 --> 01:12:08,435
It's the life-giving thing.
863
01:12:45,306 --> 01:12:47,307
Okay, away you go.
864
01:12:47,309 --> 01:12:49,342
In this cup is boiling water.
865
01:12:49,344 --> 01:12:51,945
It's 40 below zero outside.
866
01:12:51,947 --> 01:12:53,647
This is what happens
when you throw
867
01:12:53,714 --> 01:12:56,616
boiling hot water
into 40 below zero air.
868
01:12:56,618 --> 01:12:57,851
Here we go.
869
01:13:24,979 --> 01:13:28,815
The Population on base
suddenly doubles at Winfly
870
01:13:28,817 --> 01:13:31,017
and for those of us
who have wintered over
871
01:13:31,019 --> 01:13:33,620
the arrival of a whole
new crowd of faces
872
01:13:33,622 --> 01:13:35,388
can be a bit bewildering.
873
01:13:44,465 --> 01:13:46,700
It's kind of crazy.
874
01:13:46,702 --> 01:13:49,469
I think people either
are energized by it
875
01:13:49,471 --> 01:13:50,770
or just the opposite.
876
01:13:50,772 --> 01:13:53,106
They have energy drawn
from them
877
01:13:53,108 --> 01:13:55,342
and I would tend to be
one of those people
878
01:13:55,344 --> 01:13:57,510
who have energy drawn from me.
879
01:13:57,512 --> 01:14:00,413
I'm not a big fan
of when all the folks come in.
880
01:14:04,652 --> 01:14:07,053
For six months you've seen
only the same people every day.
881
01:14:07,055 --> 01:14:08,922
There hasn't been anyone new.
882
01:14:08,924 --> 01:14:12,125
All of a sudden you've got all
these new people coming through.
883
01:14:12,127 --> 01:14:15,028
Kind of this feeling
of glee and happiness
884
01:14:15,030 --> 01:14:17,464
mixed with revulsion
like, "Aggghhh, stay away!"
885
01:14:22,536 --> 01:14:24,771
And I've even seen
winter-overs kind of hide
886
01:14:24,773 --> 01:14:27,474
behind corners
and kind of look out.
887
01:14:34,582 --> 01:14:36,816
We've had a closed community
over the winter
888
01:14:36,818 --> 01:14:38,885
and there's been no germs,
no one gets sick.
889
01:14:38,887 --> 01:14:42,489
But new people come in...
new germs.
890
01:14:42,491 --> 01:14:45,058
They all have all this energy
and they're orange.
891
01:14:45,060 --> 01:14:47,427
I mean we always talk
about the orange people
892
01:14:47,429 --> 01:14:48,495
because they're tanned.
893
01:14:49,663 --> 01:14:52,832
You don't really realize
how pale we all are
894
01:14:52,834 --> 01:14:54,567
from lack of sunshine.
895
01:15:00,841 --> 01:15:02,509
Just walking through the galley,
896
01:15:02,511 --> 01:15:05,044
I felt like I was moving
at this little pace
897
01:15:05,046 --> 01:15:07,414
and everyone else
was rushing around...
898
01:15:07,416 --> 01:15:08,815
around me.
899
01:15:15,723 --> 01:15:19,125
I was surprised at how
territorial we all were.
900
01:15:19,127 --> 01:15:22,462
I remember getting back
from the flight line
901
01:15:22,464 --> 01:15:23,863
and coming straight to dinner.
902
01:15:24,765 --> 01:15:27,834
And I got my tray and my plate
903
01:15:28,669 --> 01:15:31,905
and I looked up
and I saw a line.
904
01:15:31,907 --> 01:15:34,107
And I was so livid
905
01:15:34,109 --> 01:15:36,075
that I had to wait in line.
906
01:15:37,178 --> 01:15:38,178
These new people they
907
01:15:38,180 --> 01:15:39,145
weren't with the program yet.
908
01:15:39,147 --> 01:15:40,847
They didn't know
what they were doing
909
01:15:40,849 --> 01:15:42,816
the whole routine
was messed up.
910
01:15:42,818 --> 01:15:43,783
And I was so livid.
911
01:15:43,785 --> 01:15:46,586
I felt like I could have
stabbed somebody with a fork.
912
01:15:50,458 --> 01:15:52,025
And I didn't understand it.
913
01:15:52,027 --> 01:15:53,993
I'm like,
"Why am I so angry?"
914
01:16:01,735 --> 01:16:02,869
I couldn't eat in the galley.
915
01:16:02,871 --> 01:16:04,537
I went up to my room.
916
01:16:04,539 --> 01:16:06,206
And...
I'm sitting in my room
917
01:16:06,208 --> 01:16:07,907
for about 5 minutes
contemplating about
918
01:16:07,909 --> 01:16:10,477
why I was so angry.
919
01:16:10,479 --> 01:16:12,645
And then I get knocks on my door
920
01:16:12,647 --> 01:16:15,014
and it's the rest
of the Firehouse.
921
01:16:15,016 --> 01:16:16,549
"Can we eat in here with you?"
922
01:16:17,084 --> 01:16:18,518
Yeah.
923
01:16:18,520 --> 01:16:19,686
So we sat down
and for half an hour
924
01:16:19,688 --> 01:16:21,087
we ate our meals watching TV.
925
01:16:22,122 --> 01:16:24,891
Didn't say a word to each other
and it was beautiful.
926
01:16:45,179 --> 01:16:46,246
The first few days,
927
01:16:46,248 --> 01:16:47,747
or maybe the first week,
928
01:16:47,749 --> 01:16:49,883
is kind of a culture shock.
929
01:16:51,018 --> 01:16:52,919
You know, the dynamics change.
930
01:16:52,921 --> 01:16:54,554
The noise level rises.
931
01:16:55,589 --> 01:16:58,791
But after that
the new people that come here
932
01:16:58,793 --> 01:17:00,927
they have so much energy
933
01:17:00,929 --> 01:17:03,630
and I find that it brings me up.
934
01:17:03,731 --> 01:17:06,666
And I actually get more excited
about getting stuff done
935
01:17:06,668 --> 01:17:08,568
and moving around.
936
01:17:08,570 --> 01:17:09,636
It kind of wakes me up.
937
01:17:11,772 --> 01:17:14,207
Keri, how does it feel to have
a fresh apple after 6 months?
938
01:17:19,179 --> 01:17:20,680
Orange, apple?
939
01:17:20,682 --> 01:17:21,848
Why don't you take
that behind doors?
940
01:17:21,850 --> 01:17:23,583
I'm sure I'll get one very soon.
941
01:17:28,255 --> 01:17:30,290
Be gentle with the banana.
942
01:18:02,089 --> 01:18:03,590
I would love to be able
943
01:18:03,592 --> 01:18:05,058
to show the people
who I love the most
944
01:18:05,060 --> 01:18:06,359
what it looks like down here...
945
01:18:06,361 --> 01:18:08,081
what the sky looks like
down here in winter.
946
01:18:12,366 --> 01:18:14,100
Because they're never
going to see it.
947
01:18:24,345 --> 01:18:25,812
It's funny.
948
01:18:25,814 --> 01:18:27,947
Right before winter started
we'd tell these stories
949
01:18:27,949 --> 01:18:31,985
about how you'd get T3
and you get pale
950
01:18:31,987 --> 01:18:35,221
and you're just
emotional sometimes.
951
01:18:35,223 --> 01:18:37,357
And these people
who have never wintered
952
01:18:37,359 --> 01:18:38,825
are looking at us
like we're freaks.
953
01:18:38,827 --> 01:18:40,159
Like why would you ever
954
01:18:40,161 --> 01:18:42,295
put yourself through
something like that?
955
01:18:48,302 --> 01:18:50,069
And then, at the end,
956
01:18:51,839 --> 01:18:53,119
we'd look at each other and say,
957
01:18:54,174 --> 01:18:55,308
"Winter's the best.
958
01:18:57,311 --> 01:18:58,411
It's the greatest."
959
01:19:08,856 --> 01:19:10,957
I try and explain
the experience,
960
01:19:10,959 --> 01:19:14,027
the Antarctic experience,
to people back home,
961
01:19:14,029 --> 01:19:16,329
and they love hearing about it.
962
01:19:16,331 --> 01:19:18,131
The stories and what it's like.
963
01:19:19,066 --> 01:19:22,201
But, you know that...
964
01:19:22,203 --> 01:19:24,137
they just...
they will never get it.
965
01:19:24,139 --> 01:19:28,941
They'll never fully comprehend
what it's like down here.
966
01:20:46,453 --> 01:20:49,021
So if you were to spend
another year down here
967
01:20:49,023 --> 01:20:50,890
what would you do differently?
968
01:20:52,192 --> 01:20:54,427
Not bring as much stuff.
969
01:21:07,841 --> 01:21:10,276
I've met some of the best people
in the world here.
970
01:21:10,278 --> 01:21:14,113
And I think a lot of that is
because of the fact
971
01:21:14,115 --> 01:21:15,815
that those of us that come here
972
01:21:15,817 --> 01:21:18,151
always have a kind
of a spirit of adventure.
973
01:21:18,153 --> 01:21:22,188
And that's something
that kind of binds us together.
974
01:21:33,400 --> 01:21:35,168
These might be...
975
01:21:35,170 --> 01:21:37,136
the golden years of Antarctica.
976
01:21:41,542 --> 01:21:44,110
Right now,
what is being done is science.
977
01:21:44,112 --> 01:21:45,812
Right now there's
a treaty that says
978
01:21:45,814 --> 01:21:48,347
you get to be here
to cooperate,
979
01:21:48,349 --> 01:21:49,182
look for peace,
980
01:21:49,184 --> 01:21:51,250
and look for knowledge
for mankind.
981
01:21:51,252 --> 01:21:53,886
And I just can't think
of another place
982
01:21:53,888 --> 01:21:56,489
where that's really going on
so I feel really privileged
983
01:21:56,491 --> 01:21:59,492
to be a citizen
of Antarctica right now.
984
01:21:59,494 --> 01:22:01,160
I really really do.
985
01:22:01,162 --> 01:22:03,863
And some day,
somebody is going to find a way
986
01:22:03,865 --> 01:22:04,864
to get oil commercially.
987
01:22:04,866 --> 01:22:06,599
And some day,
the treaty is going to end.
988
01:22:06,601 --> 01:22:09,969
And some day, you know...
989
01:22:09,971 --> 01:22:12,038
I don't know that we'll always
be able to play as nice
990
01:22:12,040 --> 01:22:14,073
as we can right now.
991
01:22:40,067 --> 01:22:43,169
You come down here
out of a sense of adventure.
992
01:22:45,339 --> 01:22:47,406
But then it gets
its hooks in you.
993
01:22:47,408 --> 01:22:49,141
And you realize
994
01:22:49,143 --> 01:22:51,077
how magic and fragile
it all is.
995
01:22:51,079 --> 01:22:53,412
And if we're not careful,
996
01:22:53,414 --> 01:22:55,348
if we're not conscientious,
997
01:22:55,350 --> 01:22:57,316
It could all get ruined.
998
01:23:15,903 --> 01:23:18,971
Imagine you live in a house.
999
01:23:18,973 --> 01:23:22,308
And this is just one room
in your house...
1000
01:23:22,310 --> 01:23:24,677
a cold room where nobody lives.
1001
01:23:24,679 --> 01:23:27,546
But it's still
a room in your house
1002
01:23:27,548 --> 01:23:31,350
and as such you have
to care about this room.
1003
01:23:31,352 --> 01:23:34,687
And you have to know
about what's going on there.
1004
01:23:47,534 --> 01:23:50,670
There is a good expression
in the English language:
1005
01:23:50,672 --> 01:23:52,138
peace of mind.
1006
01:23:52,140 --> 01:23:53,673
I really like it.
1007
01:23:53,675 --> 01:23:57,944
Peace of mind
is a very nice thing to have.
1008
01:24:07,654 --> 01:24:10,122
The friends you make
and the memories
1009
01:24:10,124 --> 01:24:13,059
that you take from here
last a lifetime.
1010
01:24:13,061 --> 01:24:15,628
I've met guys who were
down here 50 years ago
1011
01:24:15,630 --> 01:24:17,196
who would like nothing
more in the world
1012
01:24:17,198 --> 01:24:19,398
than the chance
to come back again...
1013
01:24:19,400 --> 01:24:21,000
just one more time.
1014
01:24:26,340 --> 01:24:29,709
You know you can never really
call this place home.
1015
01:24:29,711 --> 01:24:33,179
But at the same time
there's a familiarity
1016
01:24:33,181 --> 01:24:35,181
that just builds up.
1017
01:24:38,218 --> 01:24:40,686
I definitely long for it
when I'm away.
1018
01:25:27,801 --> 01:25:30,136
I fully expect
that my time here
1019
01:25:30,138 --> 01:25:32,304
is not going to end
on my terms.
1020
01:25:33,573 --> 01:25:35,408
The program could change
1021
01:25:35,410 --> 01:25:37,109
or I might not pass
the physical...
1022
01:25:38,278 --> 01:25:40,112
or there might not be a job.
1023
01:25:43,483 --> 01:25:46,185
No one gets to stay
here indefinitely.
1024
01:25:52,325 --> 01:25:55,728
And then the time comes
when it's your turn to leave
1025
01:25:55,730 --> 01:25:58,064
and you never really
do know for sure
1026
01:25:58,066 --> 01:25:59,732
if you'll ever be back again.
1027
01:27:11,505 --> 01:27:14,707
One of the things I recall
1028
01:27:14,709 --> 01:27:17,810
in the process
of reacclimating to society
1029
01:27:17,812 --> 01:27:20,813
was a Monday morning.
1030
01:27:20,815 --> 01:27:24,183
It's probably 8:30
in the morning
1031
01:27:24,185 --> 01:27:26,619
and I am stuck in traffic.
1032
01:27:27,921 --> 01:27:30,356
I remember looking
at all the cars around me.
1033
01:27:30,358 --> 01:27:33,459
Everybody's...
they're in their own little...
1034
01:27:33,461 --> 01:27:36,195
They're in the grind
of the world.
1035
01:27:36,197 --> 01:27:39,598
And I can't help
but look at everybody else
1036
01:27:39,600 --> 01:27:41,500
and think...
1037
01:27:41,502 --> 01:27:42,501
they're cattle.
1038
01:27:42,503 --> 01:27:46,305
It's just one big herd
moving from point A to point B.
1039
01:27:46,307 --> 01:27:50,509
And eh... I just... at that point
1040
01:27:50,511 --> 01:27:52,578
I wanted to be back
on the Ice again.
1041
01:28:32,719 --> 01:28:34,253
It's not until you get
off the Ice
1042
01:28:34,255 --> 01:28:37,456
that you realize the absence
of smell that we have here...
1043
01:28:37,458 --> 01:28:39,391
the absence of odors.
1044
01:28:39,393 --> 01:28:41,893
So yeah... that eh...
1045
01:28:41,896 --> 01:28:43,829
you can go
to the Botanical Gardens
1046
01:28:43,831 --> 01:28:45,798
for an olfactory overload.
1047
01:28:57,711 --> 01:29:00,746
I'm gonna go to the
New World Supermarket
1048
01:29:00,748 --> 01:29:03,315
and I'm going to stand
in the produce section
1049
01:29:03,317 --> 01:29:05,317
and just smell the air
1050
01:29:05,319 --> 01:29:06,619
for about 15 minutes.
1051
01:29:06,621 --> 01:29:08,721
And then I'm going to buy
the following things:
1052
01:29:08,780 --> 01:29:11,557
some really good chewy crusty bread,
1053
01:29:11,559 --> 01:29:13,859
a hunk of really good
blue cheese,
1054
01:29:13,861 --> 01:29:17,561
an avocado and some
red grapes with no seeds.
1055
01:29:17,565 --> 01:29:21,965
And that's what I'm going to eat
for like three meals.
1056
01:29:22,536 --> 01:29:25,571
There comes a point
in the winter
1057
01:29:25,573 --> 01:29:27,740
when...
1058
01:29:27,742 --> 01:29:29,441
at least us, the guys,
1059
01:29:29,443 --> 01:29:30,509
us in the Firehouse,
1060
01:29:30,511 --> 01:29:32,378
we stop talking about women.
1061
01:29:32,380 --> 01:29:35,314
And we start talking about food
1062
01:29:35,316 --> 01:29:37,783
because it's a much more
realistic prospect.
1063
01:29:39,719 --> 01:29:41,387
So...
1064
01:29:41,389 --> 01:29:43,355
I've narrowed it down.
I'm going to go
1065
01:29:43,357 --> 01:29:46,025
and I'm going to have
steak and lobster.
1066
01:29:47,327 --> 01:29:48,927
I'm going to splurge.
1067
01:29:49,896 --> 01:29:52,798
Fresh vegetables with flavor.
1068
01:29:52,800 --> 01:29:57,536
A bean burrito from Taco Bell.
1069
01:29:57,538 --> 01:29:58,604
Dark bread.
1070
01:29:59,739 --> 01:30:00,806
Avocado.
1071
01:30:03,043 --> 01:30:04,343
Cauliflower.
1072
01:30:04,345 --> 01:30:06,712
A bowl of cornflakes
with real milk
1073
01:30:06,714 --> 01:30:08,814
and sliced bananas.
1074
01:30:08,816 --> 01:30:12,051
Eggs Benedict at the Boulevard
in New Zealand.
1075
01:30:12,053 --> 01:30:15,621
Anything in Christchurch
is always good. It's eh...
1076
01:30:15,722 --> 01:30:17,089
anything non-institutional.
1077
01:30:18,925 --> 01:30:22,528
When I get back to New Zealand
the first thing I long to do
1078
01:30:22,530 --> 01:30:25,464
well first, first thing is go
through the Botanic Gardens
1079
01:30:25,466 --> 01:30:28,634
and just touch the grass
and smell the flowers.
1080
01:30:28,636 --> 01:30:30,769
But then I try to get
to the ocean
1081
01:30:30,771 --> 01:30:31,804
to see that motion I guess.
1082
01:30:31,806 --> 01:30:33,372
You're standing on
the ocean now.
1083
01:30:33,374 --> 01:30:34,006
Exactly.
1084
01:30:34,008 --> 01:30:36,442
That's what's so funny.
And I'm a mountain girl,
1085
01:30:36,444 --> 01:30:38,043
so it's never been
a draw before.
1086
01:30:41,848 --> 01:30:43,882
Walk barefoot in grass.
1087
01:30:47,954 --> 01:30:50,723
I'm going to fly straight home
to Washington State.
1088
01:30:50,725 --> 01:30:54,426
And I'm going to fly-fish
my brains out for about 3 weeks
1089
01:30:54,428 --> 01:30:55,961
going for salmon and steel head.
1090
01:30:55,963 --> 01:30:58,831
And when I puke,
I think that's when I'll stop.
1091
01:31:00,100 --> 01:31:02,601
I really like going to sleep
in my own bed.
1092
01:31:02,603 --> 01:31:04,970
I really like...
Oh rain.
1093
01:31:04,972 --> 01:31:06,905
Just hearing the rain
and seeing it
1094
01:31:06,907 --> 01:31:09,408
feeling it again.
Wonderful.
1095
01:31:10,076 --> 01:31:12,378
I plan on doing nothing.
1096
01:31:12,380 --> 01:31:14,880
I hope it rains at least one day
while I'm in Christchurch,
1097
01:31:14,882 --> 01:31:16,749
just so I can
wander around in the rain.
1098
01:31:16,751 --> 01:31:17,549
I'd love that.
1099
01:31:17,551 --> 01:31:20,753
I hope it's...
I want some rain.
1100
01:31:24,090 --> 01:31:26,492
Have a decent sleep.
1101
01:31:27,427 --> 01:31:29,661
Have a decent sleep
for a few days.
1102
01:31:30,797 --> 01:31:32,531
I don't know.
1103
01:31:33,666 --> 01:31:36,034
Check into a hotel room
and take a bath.
1104
01:31:49,616 --> 01:31:51,150
My brain is freezing.
1105
01:31:52,619 --> 01:31:53,619
Let me think.
1106
01:31:53,621 --> 01:31:56,455
I think my brain is freezing now
and I can't think.
1107
01:31:58,825 --> 01:32:00,592
Skip that question.
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