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ins.: 2023-12-13 01:00; ( Age: 1 year )
By: Scientists
Category: SWAIS2C

SWAIS2C: 2023-12-13

Where do you go when you need to go on the Ross Ice Shelf?
Exterior of the “Nautilus”, the new toilet facility at the SWAIS 2C drill site (photo: J Coenen)

A popular question from friends and family about life in the deep field in Antarctica is where do you go when you need to GO? With a total of 27 members now at the SWAIS2C KIS-3 drill site, we needed more than the “Turdis” (our blue “outhouse” toilet facility) to keep everyone comfortable. Fortunately, science team member Jason Coenen has excellent snow construction skills, and today he completed construction of our second facility, called the “Nautilus” due to its spiral shape. Each facility has a urinal for those that prefer standing up, as well as an “en-suite” for those that prefer to sit. Solid waste is collected in bags in a bucket so that it can be taken back to the mainland at the end of the field season!