Today we have blue skies and unrestricted visibility. It is a clear day with -30 deg C (-44 with windchill). It is amazing how far one can see. The South Pole is a very flat and large place. STP, ICL, Viper, and the clean air lab now all appear so close to the station. I see for the first time how far the horizon extends behind these buildings. A seemingly endless desert of snow and ice.
It is tourist day. A plane with a handful of tourists just landed. They land on the same air strip next to the station but then taxi all the way to the Pole. I guess for about $40,000 per person you can expect to be "driven" all the way to the Pole.
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