What would the
Millennium Party
be without balloons?
Dave, Cheryl, Roger,
and Lisa were some of
the people working on
that in the afternoon.

The evening started out with the Pole Women meeting at the Ceremonial Pole
to have a group shot in their evening ware.  Although it was a warm -23.4F we still
scrambled to put our coats back on as quickly as possible.

The Electricians took a similar shot which you can find at the bottom of their crew page.


In between the Pole Women shot and the
party I went out to the AMANDA deployment to wish a Happy New Year to those guys who had no choice but to deploy on that festive night.  At least they had a few balloons too.

You can learn more about AMANDA deployments on another page.
The Party was held in the New Garage.
The place was packed and a great time
was had by all.
Our own South Pole Band played.
But we also had DJ music, complete with
1999 at the appropriate time.
     At midnight all the balloons dropped, John Wright serenaded us with his bagpipes, and much hugging and drinking of champagne ensued.
Some people went right outside and banged on the bumper posts while others headed to the Pole for this memorable occasion ... as did Robo with his special bottle of Dom Perignon.
     Two different television crews were at the Pole for the Millennium Celebration, since we were the first ones in the world to ring in the New Year.

January first every year, in the wee hours of the morning, the Geographic Pole gets moved.


So on the afternoon before, a new hole has to be dug, which Martin and Kurt are doing here.

The camera crews were there of course to capture the moment.  Off to the right you can see the flags marking the past years' Geographic Poles.  Each year the ice sheet moves 30 feet so the Geographic Pole needs to be adjusted accordingly.

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