South Pole accommodations

This year, my accommodation is not quite as posh as last year. I am staying out in the Summer Camp, in the James way tents. The summer camp is located about 1/4 mile from the station, and it is, shall we say, a more rustic accommodation. Since there are 250 people at the South Pole and the station can only hold 150, about 100 of us are staying out here. The camp consists of 15 or so of either fabric or metal tents in the photo. I think these tents were designed in the Korean War era. You still get your own room, the tents are divided into rooms by wood and insulation, the rooms are surprisingly soundproof.

Another IceCuber showed me how to get around in these tents, from finding your room in the pitch dark (some people may be sleeping since people are working all shifts), to which building the bathrooms are located in. Yes, I will have to walk outside to go to the bathroom. I will be roughing it this trip! Apparently I got one of the nicer rooms in these tents: I have a desk and a chair, and I am away from the door which means less people walk past my room and more importantly, it is warm. And there is wireless internet, at least when the satellite is up. First order of business: put some pictures on the walls.