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Chris Linder looking up at his camera in his tent.

Chris Linder looking up at his camera in his tent.
Chris Linder looking up at his camera in his tent.
Chris Linder looking up at his camera in his tent.
Chris Linder looking up at his camera in his tent.
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(68°34′37″N, 49°22′39″W)
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Linder, Christopher L.
Chris Linder looking up at his camera in his tent.
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07/15/2008
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Our sturdy four-season mountain tents are designed for bitter conditions. The tent walls trap heat just like a greenhouse, and it starts to feel like an oven if the sun has been cooking the tent all day. Kristin Poinar has a small thermometer that she keeps on her sleeping bag. When the sun is high and hot during the middle of the day, the temperature in her tent measured more than 100dgF. Even though the sun hasn't yet set, temperatures still dip below freezing at night. Our down-filled sleeping bags keep us warm until the sun brings back the heat. Here I demonstrate how I keep warm and protected from my icy floor by sleeping on a foam pad topped with an air-filled sleeping pad. (Also note how I dry my socks.)
Image of The Day caption:
"Polar exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised," wrote Apsley Cherry-Garrard of his time with the 1910 Scott expedition to the South Pole. At the Peanut Butter Club on Friday, September 21, WHOI photographer-oceanographer Chris Linder will present the experiences behind his book Science on Ice in Redfield Auditorium. Using images from his book, Linder will explain how scientists survive and thrive in polar environments. His talk is sponsored by the WHOI Information Office. Refreshments will be served.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 47, No. 2, Pg. 29:
Chris Linder slept on air-filled pads to keep his body off the ice, and managed to keep his socks dry by hanging them overnight.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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