We will be posting some of the entries -- or excerpts thereof-- from our first ever SVDP-ALC writing contest which was about "life in a tent in Antarctica." The topic was based on the real life adventure of John Miller of the USAP and his attempt to re-enact the history of the explorers Amundsen and Scott who stayed in a tent in Antarctica. Below is some of what student Aaron Hawthorne wrote (he is pictured above getting a certificate for writing next to our SVDP volunteer teacher /tutor Dr. Kathy Dunlap, MD) :
I would feel cold because everything was frozen. He must have been worried about how to heat the tent. He would have to figure out how to find food and water to survive. He must have been lonely and have missed his family because he had no telephone or internet...
Yes, Aaron certainly captured what it must have been like for John to be in that tent overnight at the South Pole a few weeks ago and what Amundsen and Scott experienced way back in 1911-12. Thanks, Aaron, for a nice job. Well done.
(Note: The other photo is from our USAP pen pal Weeks Heist of US air transport on the ground at Antarctica.)
-- Adrian
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