amundson-scott polar station

As Shackleton famously put it, "We All Have Our White South."

Home and the future of "My Antarctica."

Mar 14, 2024 •

My White Christmas at the South Pole

It's Christmas Day here at the South Pole but it doesn’t feel anything like it even if I am gazing upon the dreamiest, most pristine white landscape…

Dec 24, 2023 •

A Day in the Life upheld by the Childish Joys of Playing in a Pile of Snow (at the South Pole)

I’m just shy of a month here at the Pole, for the most part baking and sleeping.

Dec 2, 2023 •

A Brief "Hello" from the South Pole

When Robert Falcon Scott arrived at the pole to discover Amundson’s Norwegian flag—proof that the wily Norwegian had beaten the strict, moody Navy man…

Nov 15, 2023 •

I've landed a kitchen job in Antarctica. Why? How? When? Where, exactly?

When I tell people I landed a kitchen job in Antarctica for the austral summer, 2023-2024 they either look at me wide-eyed and ask “Why?” as in “Why the…

Sep 4, 2023 •

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