Almost famous

At the end of last month I was asked to do an interview for an article that would appear in the August edition of Mango Airlines' in-flight magazine, Mango Juice. 20 questions (some harder than others) later, this is what was published..

Mango Juice in August - Due South

Thanks Hanlie!

Antarctic Film Festival 2012

Every year there is a film festival that all of the Antarctic bases can partake in. There are two categories, namely Open, where you can submit any film that was made in Antarctica within the last year, and 48HR, where the teams are given 48 hours to shoot a 5 minute film that features 5 given items. This year the items were a queen, a computer mouse, a map of your base or region, the sound of ice cracking and the words "I will save you".

At the end when all the movies are uploaded, the bases get a chance to vote for their favorite. I am pretty sure the only thing you win is bragging rights though.

Our movie was named 'SANAELand' and was based on the movie Zombieland, but with a few twists.

My favorites were:
48 hour:
SANAE - SANAELand
Dumont D'Urville - The Polar Hangover
Neumayer - The Soup Soap
Season of Change - Casey

Open:
Neumayer - One Small Step?
Crozet - The Departure
The South Pole - Spinning Round and Round (featuring some pretty awesome time lapse footage) 

The 48hour category winner turned out to be: 
Super Mario in Kergueland

The open category was won by Crozet with The Departure

Some interesting reading on how the festival started here.

SANAE 52

Anyone interested to overwinter at SANAE as the Cosmic Ray Physicist/Engineer (aka Potchkassie) next year?

Requirements: B.Eng - electric/electronic/computer
                      B.Hons physics 
                      or equivalent
Duration:  Training: 1 Oct 2012 - Nov 2012
                Expedition: Dec 2012 - Feb 2014
                Debriefing: Feb 2014 - 31 Mar 2014

Official advert and application forms can be found at the bottom of the page.
For any more info feel free to drop me a mail (or comment), else all other contact details needed are on the add.


SANAE 52 Cosmic Ray Physicist/Engineer advert