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they won't let them use the latrines -- and they won't build other facilities. The toilet at sick bay must be the cleanest, & pleasantest in Antarctica. They tend to be elevated like thrones; that one and the one in Scott Base. After awhile the shuttle came and we all got seated. It was driven by a personable & vital woman of indeterminate age, who, it seems, is here w her husband and son -- all work at the field. The ride to Scott base was lovely. All white, a v. light snow in air and an avenue of flags. Green to the left, orange-red to the right, to mark the road. Enchanting picture. I tried a photo from car but can only imagine how it will turn out. -- At Scott base our shuttle backed up to the rear of another one and we shifted bags and seats for the Scott-MCM link. That trip was great! LV NVL 1:57 Arr W.F. 3:30 - Shuttle at 4: MCM 4:40. After dinner went to ships' store to look at [[?]]. They have none. Examined catalog. They have at least 2 categories of items. Standard things -- cameras, furnishings, dishes etc. at a small discount, and special expensive things at terrific discounts. Things that can be ordered for delivery here but not at home. I'm interested in a Vivitor 30-202 zoom for $146. Bought 4 more film mailers. In evening wrote letters & added up accounts. Bob & Ghislaine went to see [[underlined]] Apocalypse Now. [[/underlined]] Neither liked it -- the speech too fractured, the meaning obscure, the slaughter too matter of fact to touch one. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[underlined]] Friday the 18th: Shower day at MMI: Took mine in mid-PM [[/underlined]] I thought this was my day off. To [[??]] in the am & spend all P.m. after 2 in the library working on my Feb. speech or my course. While letter-writing in a.m. John came by & asked me to come up to the cage. I said I would but 1st wanted to try out my Karliorum sleeping bag. When I opened it, it had a new liner on top just inside the drawstring. I decided it would be O.K. Considered 3 times whether to pull out the bag & then didn't. Dreaded putting it back. In the cage John [[strikethrough]] revieced [[/strikethrough]] reviewed our gear & boxes w. us & showed us the Hasselblad again. Ghislaine protested the need to use it; Bob called it a dinosaur of camera, I urged us to take it out & learn how to use it today. We did -- I love it. And will carry it to Granite H. to photog. the hut. We had crampons fitted to our Bunny Boots for possible landing on the ice. I wrote sev. letters (mailed 2 films yesterday & sent 6 stubs to Zam plus my LA. Holiday Inn bill). Gh. mailed a box leaving today. I also, for 1st time in much trying got all the green side of my cube done. Now what? Washed a pair of long Johns and my CFA sweatshirt, put the in dryer. Found I had lost my navy taffeta wind pants. Hunted thru bags & under bed - finally checked the Thiel Lab & there they were in Zellers bookcase where I put them at the party. Went to the store w. my camera to try the zoom lens. I like it. However, Dave, the photographer at