Shortly before Midwinters Day Denis broke his leg while playing basketball in the gym. The rest of us had to take over some or all of the cooking for awhile until things started to heal. Here we are visiting him in Biomed shortly after Dr. Fritz put the cast on. He obviously is suffering very much from the effects of his pain medicine!
At right, Alex and Al drink a toast to international friendship and cooperation, while Jerry has a bit more caviar...
Alex brought some of the menu items with him from Russia. The vodka was the same Stolichnaya "import" that we had on the bar, but the Russian bottles had a pull-off top that was not reusable. The assumption was that if you opened a bottle of vodka it would be finished in the same sitting, so there was no need to put the top back on...such a marketing deal!
Midwinters Day is a traditional time for folks around the Antarctic and around the world to send greetings to the various stations. At right is our official message from the White House.
And here is what we sent out to the rest of the world!!!
