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Local Man Reports on Life at South Pole
Darren Nelson SK3 USN stationed with Antarctic Support Activities at Davisville and deployed to Antarctica on Operation Deep Freeze IV and 60 writes of his ice bound impressions at McMurdo Sound. He recalls cold, isolation, and the stark landscape, noting penguins, Jamesway huts, and travel between the ice strip and town in a tracked Weasel vehicle as part of Bristol’s reporting on the Deep Freeze program.
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