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Jamesway to the Elevated Station
From a currently in production Antarctica documentary.
The Jamesways are the 14 or so dark green hangars in the middle of the photograph. The geodesic dome to the left is the old South Pole Station. The "elevated" station sits on hydraulic stilts that lift it out of rising snow drifts.
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You think the midwest had a cold winter? Antarctica hasn't been above zero degrees since Jaunary 13, 2002! In fact, while Chicago has its winter, Antartica has its summer. So does Chicago ever get colder than Antarctica? Listen and find out!
This topic originally came from two of my blog posts at:
• Does Chicago ever get colder than the South Pole?
• It never gets above zero degrees in Antartica
