Pole

Well, I've been at the South Pole for about a week now and settling in. The physical elevation here is 9,300 ft, add to that the effect of being at the end of the earth...all the air is forced towards the equator by the spinning of the earth, and the physiological elevation can be quite high...currently floating around the 10,900 ft. mark. I've been short of breath and I had a maddening headache for the first day or so that I was here, but I'm feeling fairly well now. I'm really excited about the new job. Something about being around big engines excites me. I am working midnight to 8 am (or 10 am some days) and will be just about the only person on nights after Friday. Friday is the last day for flights out of here until late October or early November...so if I can just hang on until Friday...they can't even fire me :) When I got here, it was -45 and has gotten colder, that's probably the warmest I will see until I leave.

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