Happy New Year!!!
For the New Year's Eve celebration, Polies with musical talent gathered together and formed 3 bands which headlined the festivities. Everyone dressed up crazy and danced the night away under an old parachute which was hung from the gym ceiling as decoration.
On January 1 of every year they move the geographical South Pole marker. We are sitting on a giant ice shelf that is continuously moving and therefore it appears that the South Pole marker moves approximately 24 feet every year. They take a new reading on Jan 1 and replace the old marker with a new one. The winter-overs from the previous year submit entries to be the new Pole marker's design. There are 2 South Poles -- one is the actual South Pole, the other is the symbolic red & white striped pole surrounded by flags of the countries of the Antarctic Treaty located only a few feet away from the actual Pole.
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