BIG FUN at the Halloween Party
As one might expect, Halloween is a big deal down on the Ice, and we have a big party every year to celebrate it. This weekend was our big to-do, and it was pretty crazy! BUT we only had to have one person Medevac’d to Christchurch, so I guess it wasn’t too wild. (Actually it is - when it’s bad enough to fly a whole C-17 to Christchurch just to move one injured person, it’s not good.) With Canterbury Draft on sale for $1 a can (that’s New Zealand’s answer to Pabst I think) there was definitely some overindulgence.
It’s sort of like a high school party, but with beer. We decorate the gym and everyone comes over after school!
But my excellent co-workers in Rec did a superior job decorating and putting on the whole shindig - here are some pics of the decorations:
This is the big spider that took over the gym, affectionately known as Big Fun.
Carnage on the climbing wall.
“When Robots Attack” during the costume contest. The robot managed to attack the emcee, all the contestants, and the NSF Station Manager. He also managed to fall off the stage and break his glasses. He remembers nothing of this. Kids, don’t drink and wear boxes and stuff on your body.
However, do note the National Geographic guy - he looked great!
A general shot of the crowd. It was a great party - yet another wild and crazy gathering on the Ice!
Holy cow! Where do the costumes come from? Is there a costume box or something?
That looks like some serious fun - and you know what they say, it ain’t a party ’til someone has to be evacuated on a military plane to New Zealand.
Hi Laura!
It’s your long lost Lisa here. I FINNALLY got a chance to check out the blog, yay! Between work being busy and moving into the new house I haven’t had the glorious luxury of surfing the web lately. I’ll be better though, I promise!
The photos are amazing. I love the spider too! I was wondering the same thing…Where do all the costumes come from?
Ciao,
Lisa
Hi Lisa and Jimbo!
The awesome thing about this place is that people are really creative. So while some of those costumes are brought from home, and some of the costumes are out of our gear issue, the majority are improvised from stuff around the station. Also, of the several hundred people that were there, I’d guess 3/4 made some sort of effort at a costume.
It’s a good place for Halloween!
Wow. Damn, I’m sorry I missed it!
— Dave
It’s kinda hard to beat being medivaced by a C-17. Hopefully there was a good story connected with that one. I’d hate to just trip on my party dress and break my arm.
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