This blog is so fun. I love this author's eye for all of the fun details and what it's like to be a nerd working in an extremely unique place.
I can only daydream of getting a website name so ideal as "brr.fyi" is for an informational blog about the south* pole. The content is superb, too, but "brr.fyi" is the most memorable domain I've encountered in years.
I just love this guy's posts.<p>I am glad to get such a great view of things, without going there, myself.<p>It's like photos of Svalbard. Cool to look at, but I really don't think I'm up for the jaunt in person.<p>As we get older, "bragging rights" tend to decline in importance (although "bucket list" is probably something that gains importance, and it can smell the same -the difference is that "bragging rights" face outwards).
Related (and linked from the bottom of the page) is a good description of what “sunset” looks like from the station and from the South Pole itself.<p>> After the sun reaches its peak, it begins to set. It’s still rotating in perfect circles around the sky; they’re just getting lower and lower each day.<p><a href="https://brr.fyi/posts/sunset" rel="nofollow">https://brr.fyi/posts/sunset</a>
Thanks to whoever posts this person's updates here, I really enjoy reading them. Getting these reports from someone who's POV is discovering it as if we would makes it really interesting.
I remember many distinct moments walking under moonlight when I was a kid. At the family ranch, when visiting relatives in a very remote place, walking on the beach.<p>Sadly I think this is an experience very few people in this era will ever get to experience.