During my assignment of a one year long period of solitary confinement on Antarctica the
three things that I would bring with me would be: a computer equipped with internet
access and teleconferencing capabilities; my ski equipment including my climbing gear;
and a snowmobile that is run by electricity because of a lack of Mobil stations at the
South Pole. The computer, ski equipment, and snowmobile would allow me to endure and
make the best of a year long period that would be pure Hell without these three things.
The sub zero climate of the Antarctic winter would make it unbearable to venture outside
of my quarters. The computer that I would bring would allow me to keep in contact with
the world outside of Antarctica, and with my family and friends via the internet and
teleconferencing. The computer would also serve as a way for me to keep a journal of the
events that occurred through out my year long solitary confinement at the life deficient
South Pole. My computer would also provide a source of entertainment with games and
programs I could use to pass the time.
I would bring my alpine ski equipment along with my rock climbing gear to the earth's
frozen basement. The two passions of my life are snow skiing and rock climbing. On the
Antarctic continent lie many mountain ranges that have the world's driest and most
plentiful powder, and the most magnificent rock and ice faces and cliffs. These
conditions are a skier's and rock climber's heaven. The mountains could provide me with a
sense of extreme pleasure and make my stay in the earth's freezer well worth it. There
is one problem with skiing in Antarctica, there are no ski lifts. This would pose a
problem to me if I didn't have my climbing gear. However, I was intelligent enough to
realize that I would have to climb the mountains in order to ski them, which is why I
brought my climbing gear.
To provide transportation around the continent and to the mountains I would bring an
electric snowmobile to Antarctica. The snowmobile would have to run on stored
electricity and be rechargeable. I would cruise the frozen plains of Antarctica on the
snowmobile, observing one of the last uncharted frontiers of the modern world. I would
be able to see the creatures of the world of ice and observe how they have adapted to
life in the Antarctic.
A year long span of solitary confinement spent in the Antarctic could be endured and
enjoyed by myself if I had these possessions with me. I would not willingly go to
Antarctica by myself for a year. However, I would choose to go to this frozen part of
our planet for a short stay, along with a few companions to ski, and observe the last
undeveloped and unpopulated continent of the earth.
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