Our trip to Siple Dome today was canceled due to weather at the site. I did go on the flight to Taylor Dome, to recover the gear left there. I'll hopefully get around to posting pictures tonight. We will likely be on the schedule for tomorrow, so hopefully the weather gets better.
I meant to discuss this in the blog on Scott base, but here it is.
Rumor has it when the Prime Minister of New Zealand visited Scott Base a few years ago, the Kiwi's took down the Scott Base sign, because they didn't want anybody to get a picture of her by it, due to political implications. Different countries lay claim to different parts of Antarctica, there is some overlap, but according to the Antarctic Treaty, none of those claims are recognized. There's a good map of the claims here. The whole bit about being the capital of the Ross Dependency is half-joking half-serious.
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