Where do you go when you need to go on the Ross Ice Shelf?
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 KIS3 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, 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 to pee standing up, as well as an “en-suite” for those that prefer to sit to pee. 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!
