The American National Science Foundation Base
The U.S. N.S.F. South Pole base houses about 250 people in summer and around 40 in winter. The base is run for science and as such does not host 'tourists' like us! They were however very hospitable and invited us in for tea and cakes and a tour of the base. The base is on jackable stilts so that it can be shunted up when snow drifts accumulate.
