A few more Icestock photos, New Year's Day

A few more pictures from the Icestock music festival. They keep the crowd warm by making them spin hula-hoops for long periods of time.


The festival attracted a large crowd of a few hundred people.


The chili cookoff was a great way to keep warm while standing outside and watching the bands play. There were six different chili styles, ranging from flavorful to just plain spicy.


There was a beard contest as well, with a few different categories. I should have entered for fullest/longest beard, as I could have beaten everyone on stage. However, there are definitely guys running around here that could beat me handily in that department as well, but I think they opted out of the contest to make it easier for the young guys to compete.


This is unrelated, but here is a picture of my dorm room. I share it with one of the other TA's in the class. It is luxurious by McMurdo standards, since we have a shared bathroom, a sink in the room, a TV, and a refrigerator. This dorm would be considered a hovel at every US college these days, but for around here it's not too shabby.