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Roupas pela minha viagem á Antártida (Clothes for my trip to Antarctica)
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Agora, o verão está começando na Antártida mas ainda está frio. Preciso de roupas quentes que eu possa usar em camadas. Quando está ventando, uso cinco ou mais camadas! Aqui estão algumas roupas que vou levar comigo - um video e as fotos com descrições. Summer is starting now in Antarctica, but it is still cold. I need warm clothes that I can wear in layers. When it is windy, I wear five or more layers! Here are some of the clothes that I am bringing with me - a video and some photos with descriptions.
Por minhas pernas, tenho as leggings de seda e de lã. Algumas são finas e
outras são grossas. Posso usar três leggings se necessário. For my legs, I have silk and wool long underwear. Some are thin and some are thick. I can wear three pairs if necessary.
Também tenho 3 tipos de calças isolantes. Eu realmente gosto das calças
pretas de Mont Bell porque elas são quentes, leves, e escorregadias.
Elas funcionam muito bem em camadas. I also have 3 types of
insulated pants. I like the black Mont Bell pants the most because they
are warm, light weight, and slippery. They work well in layers.
Finalmente, tenho calças que param do vento. Elas são muito importantes! Finally, I have wind pants. They are most important!
Para a parte superior do meu corpo, tenho camisas quentes feitas de seda
e de lã. Novamente, algumas são finas e algumas são grossas. Posso usar
quatro dessas camisas se necessário. For my upper body, I have
warm shirts made of silk and of wool. Again, some are thin and others
are thick. I can wear four of them if necessary.
Também tenho casacos quentes. E minha favorita é uma camisa laranja que
para do vento. Meu pai a projetou. Meu pai me deu depois de usá-la em
muitas viagens de montanha. I also have warm coats. And my
favorite is an orange wind shirt. My dad designed it, and my dad gave it
to me after using it on many mountain trips.
Para minhas mãos, tenho vários tipos de luvas e mitenes. Gosto muito das
luvas sem dedos quando preciso manipular pequenos objetos do lado de
fora. Para minha cabeça, tenho gorros de lã e bonés. Os gorros de lã vão
me manter aquecido. Os bonés vão proteger meus olhos. For my
hands, I have various gloves and mittens. I really like the fingerless
gloves when I need to manipulate small things outside. For my head, I
have wool hats and billed hats. The wool hats will keep me warm. The
billed hats will shade my eyes.
Para os meus pés, tenho sapatos e botas. Os sapatos pretos são meus
favoritos, mas não são bons para a Antártida. Vou usá-los no avião. Os
sapatos de Keen são melhores, mas as botas geralmente são necessárias.
Tenho três tipos de botas: peso leve, quentes, e muito quentes. As botas
pretas grandes são minhas “Extreme Cold Weather” ou ECW. Também tenho
meias de lã - elas são muito importantes, mas não estão na foto. For
my feet, I have shoes and boots. The black shoes are my favorite, but
they aren’t good for Antarctica. I’ll wear them on the airplane. The
Keen shoes are better but boots are usually needed. I have three types
of boots: light ones, warm ones, and very warm ones. The large black
boots are my “Extreme Cold Weather” or ECW boots. I also have wool socks
- they are very important but not in the photo.
Também tenho sutiãs e calcinhas. Os sutiãs apertados ajudam com o frio. Meu pai diz que as calcinhas apertadas são muito úteis para os homens. As partes sensíveis ao frio devem ser mantidas próximas ao corpo para se manterem aquecidas.
I also have bras and underwear. Tight bras help with the cold. My dad says that tight underwear are very useful for men. Cold sensitive parts should be held close to the body to stay warm.
December 10, 2013 Today was sunny all day with 25 knot katabatic winds in the afternoon. It was warmer. I spent all day on microscopy, photography, and sorting photos. It was a very productive day. The quad bike quit starting, and Devin, Anne, and Tyler pushed it back to camp. None of them new what to do to figure out what was wrong. I got ready to help when Ian came back to camp. He has a lot of experience with engines, and once we found the tool kit and pulled the spark plug, we solved the problem: the plug was fouled. A new one fixed the problem. We can add "engine repair" to the list of field skills needed! Our only means of transport besides walking is a quad bike (ATV). We have a sled to help carry gear between the huts/sleeping tents and the science tent and dive hole. It is also good for carrying the drill and other gear around the lake.
There are so many little things I didn't think of before the first time I went to Antarctica that make a difference. I like having clean teeth, so brushing twice a day is very important to me, even in the field. I can handle dirty hair, but not dirty teeth. It's hard to brush your teeth when your toothpaste is frozen into its tube. That small hole at the top requires the toothpaste to deform to get out. And that part gets cold the fastest, often getting clogged with a plug of toothpaste ice. This isn't so much a problem in December in the Dry Valleys, nor was it a problem at Lake Untersee, because although the temperatures are often below freezing, sunlight heated my tent sufficiently during the day that the temperatures inside could be up to 20°C (70°F!). However, in October at Lake Joyce, I couldn't get any toothpaste out of a big tube without warming the top of the tube against my stomach. There is a little secret, though: small tubes warm up faster. ...
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