Calee Allen at the New Station, South Pole

Here is Calee Allen in front of the New Station (which is also called the Elevated Station) at the South Pole. She lives and works at the Amundsen-Scott base and has sent our school some spectacular photographs. Here is one of them. The Elevated Station is on stilts which can move the station up and down to compensate for the build-up of snow and ice which would otherwise block the entrance to the station. When the station is raised, the strong winds blow the snow away from under the station. Very ingenious. We could use some buildings that rise in New Orlease to avoid flooding, like in Katrina. --Adrian