QUESTION:
How do you get electricity in Antarctica?

             Miss Haggerty's 4th grade class
             Brunswick,ME 04011
             

ANSWER from Sheldon Blackman, ASA Comms Tech
            Palmer Station, Antarctica
            Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:30:35 -0500

Dear 4th Graders,

All the Antarctic Stations have diesel powered generators.  
The station has to be refueled with diesel fuel at least once a year. 
At Palmer we have two big generators and a smaller emergency 
generator.

Thanks for your question!

Sheldon Blackman