NPR Host Gets Tips from Antarctica for How to Stay Warm During the Bomb Cyclone

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Posted January 5, 2018

The "bomb cyclone" has hit the eastern U.S. causing flight cancelations and power outages. On Jan. 5, Keri Nelson, at NSF’s Palmer Station, Antarctica (extreme left in the photo), discussed with All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro how people on "The Ice" persevere in extreme weather.

Among her tips: "[T]here is definitely this dimension of needing to warm yourself mentally and spiritually when there's cold and dark about. And so I have hobbies that I can do by myself or I can draw other people into. And so I think that's really important.... I write music and play music...Or here at these stations, we have science lectures where we learn about the science that's happening down here. I think all of those things are just little virtual heaters for us to kind of warm our hearts and our minds when it's cold outside."

Read a full transcript of the interview, or listen to the audio, here: https://www.npr.org/2018/01/04/575774057/tips-from-antarctica-for-how-to-stay-warm-during-the-bomb-cyclone