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Cameraman Dan and the Antarctic turbines - Source: ONE News -
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Today the world's most southern wind farm was officially opened.
It's pretty south, pretty cold, and pretty impressive to the naked eye. Standing over 40 metres tall, halfway between Scott Base and McMurdo Station, the blades dwarf the engineers who created them, yet they stand dwarfed by immense landscapes, immense whiteness.
Apparently conditions on Ross Island are good for wind power. Apparently that means it's windy. But the wind here doesn't just bite, it burrows, it gnaws, it seeps and it eats at you.
Maybe I'm just soft. Maybe my polyprop had a defect. Maybe I've grown too accustomed to life further north.
Maybe it's just an Antarctic summer breeze.
Last night I stepped out to face the Antarctic wind. I stared at it and inhaled from the deepest part of my lungs. It refreshed me. It strengthened me.
I took another breath and it turned. It shocked me. My lungs rebelled in my chest, startled. My face was rough and torn. My cheeks were raw and scarred.
The turbines kept spinning.
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