r/antarctica • u/Wise-Horror3204 • 1d ago

Scott’s base

I haven’t been to Antarctica in almost 20 years. I was there for several seasons in the early 2000’s and they used to have American night at the Kiwi base (Thursday nights I believe?) Is that still going on? Had some fun nights over there getting on the piss! Haha

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u/CND1983Huh 1d ago

There's a good chance we met. I remember they would try to trick us into ringing the bell and therefore having to buy a round of drinks. One time they had a big chunk of glacier ice and it was so dense we were struggling to chip off small pieces to put in our drinks.

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u/Wise-Horror3204 1d ago

That’s funny. I remember that! But I never rung that bell. I was warned ahead of time about that. I was there from 2003-2005. HEAVY SHOP! Do they still have Hotel California?

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u/CND1983Huh 18h ago

I did summers 02-03, 03-04 and winter 04 all McMurdo as a sparky, we met.