May 11, 2019 at 7:57 am · Filed under Expeditions
Stamp commemorating the Soviet Union’s Antarctic bases
Stewart Gillmor — the sole American at Mirny Station in 1961 and 1962– continues his discussion of life at the Soviet base: how communism plays out 10,000 miles from Moscow, the problems with planes in Antarctica, and what to do when the diesel generator dies at the coldest place in the world.
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