the crazy thing about ice

Down here, in Antarctica, where things are a little harder to acquire, and it's a bit more difficult to enjoy some certain comforts of life, we try to make use of what we have. One thing we have a lot of is ice and snow. While we cannot take much from the continent, we do occasionally have an opportunity to indulge in ice.

Last year, Laura brought me some water from the South Pole. It was pure, unfiltered, aged ice. This year, some people who had been out in the Dry Valleys at Taylor Glacier had some glacier ice to get rid of before they flew to Christchurch, so I had some more clean and clear glacier ice in my drink. It's pure and a bit bubbly and plenty of years old. After trembling down a valley for years, I got a taste of it!