| They train for life in space on the white continent, an analogue for off-planet existence, as close to Mars as we can get | Life on Antarctica means isolation, dependence on external supplies, confinement to small groups and spaces, restricted mobility, and limited social contact, a total disruption of routines, recreational, social, professional, sexual |
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| Every morning in quarantine, I wake up at 7:00 | I should get some sun |
The sun fixes everything, simplifies things.
8| A 20-foot stare in a 10-foot room | I look up at the telephone wires above my house |
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| Driving through the Midwest to meet the newest member of your family | Nostalgic for running down a New England hill with your six-year-old niece |
And I wish I was better at being alone.
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