i m sure of it. beneath the station is a subterranean world. 2000 feet of tunnels 30 feet down, carved into the walls impromptu shrines depicting personal messages, remembrances left behind by long gone workers. a frozen constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. anthony: requiring constant maintenance. what s supporting this roof? scott: compaction of the snow. anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. scott: we re in the process of taking the chainsaw depth off the walls and ceiling to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. anthony: pretty amazing feat of engineering here. the lowest recorded temperature at the south pole is 177 degrees below zero. scott: where roughly at minus 59 right now. anthony: minus 59. scott: it s fahrenheit. anthony: wow, it only feels like minus 20. i can tell you it scorches the lungs and creeps through
impromptu shrines depicting personal messages, remembrances left behind by long gone workers. a frozen, constantly moving and shifting network of passageways. scott: the walls come in, the ceiling comes down, the floor comes up. anthony: requiring constant maintenance. what s supporting this roof? scott: compaction of the snow. anthony: scott smith runs the crews keeping these tunnels clear and pipes flowing. scott: we re in the process of taking the chainsaw depth off the walls and ceiling to make them into a more usable entry. a lot of work. anthony: pretty amazing feat of engineering here. the lowest recorded temperature at the south pole is 177 degrees below zero. scott: we re roughly at minus 59 right now. anthony: minus 59. scott: it s fahrenheit. anthony: wow, it only feels like minus 20. i can tell you it scorches the lungs and creeps through your heavy outerwear. scott: 200 feet below the ground, we ve melted a giant enormous lake down there, about 2 mill
new york strips. on the fifth week we do filet mignon and crab legs. we don t really do fancy food, we just do basic food well. anthony: filet mignon with crab legs? man in brown cap: it s every five weeks. anthony: how do you deal with vegetarians with no freshies? man in brown cap: we ve got lots of frozen and canned stuff. anthony: it s like justice. who determines the playlist? man in brown cap: it s usually whoever s shift is going on at the time. stuart: i think there was a complaint one day about the music that they picked this really awful song the next day and they played it over and over, and over. man in brown cap: it was afternoon delight. we just put in on loop. we started listening to german talk radio too. anthony: german talk radio. siri: yeah. anthony: so what do you do here? stuart: we re looking at the inside of the sun during the seismic probing. anthony: no one s looking for frozen nazi cyborgs? stuart: i think they ve got those in the
and they played it over and over, and over. man in brown cap: it was afternoon delight. we just put in on loop. we started listening to german talk radio too. anthony: german talk radio. siri: yeah. anthony: so what do you do here? stuart: we re looking at the inside of the sun during the seismic probing. anthony: no one s looking for frozen nazi cyborgs? stuart: i think they ve got those in the top two layers. anthony: there some out here i m sure of it. beneath the station is a subterranean world. 2000 feet of tunnels 30 feet down, carved into the walls impromptu shrines depicting personal messages, remembrances left behind by long gone workers. a frozen conantly moving and shifting network of passageways.
stuart: i think there was a complaint one day about the music that they picked this really awful song the next day and they played it over and over, and over. man in brown cap: it was afternoon delight. we just put in on loop. we started listening to german talk radio too. anthony: german talk radio. siri: yeah. anthony: so what do you do here? stuart: we re looking at the inside of the sun during the seismic probing. anthony: no one s looking for frozen nazi cyborgs? stuart: i think they ve got those in the top two layers. anthony: there some out here i m sure of it. beneath the station is a subterranean world. 20 feet of tunnels 30 feet down, carved into the walls impromptu shrines depicting personal messages, remembrances left behind by long gone workers.