On the 21st of April our Cosmic Ray Engineer, Stefanie Strachan, celebrated her birthday at SANAE. As per the tradition, the festivities took place around lunch time on a curiously warm day. The wind was below 10 kts and there was a light snowfall the night before.
The eager team of diggers consisted of Johan, Mcabango and yours truly. Vincent was the brewmaster and Jako, Braam and Elrich were the photographers.
Happy Birthday, Stef , and many, many more!
Here is how a typical snow bath ceremony plays out…
Step1: The diggers prepare a bath-tub sized hole
Step 2: The person celebrating his/her birthday runs down the stairs in their birhtday suit and gets into the hole.
Step 3: The subject is buried and the brewmaster offers them a drink. Singing commenses and goes on until a certain level of discomfort is achieved.
Step 4: Try and breath normally. Finish your drink!
Step 5: Tell the whole world that living in Antarctica is not for pussies!