Ƙananan rukuni na mutanen da ke da alaƙa da Cocin Brothers suna aiki a tashar McMurdo a Antarctica: Pete da Erika Anna, waɗanda ke da alaƙa da Highland Avenue Church of the Brothers a Elgin, Ill.; tsohuwar ma'aikaciyar Sa-kai ta 'Yan'uwa (BVS) Emily Wampler; da Sean Dell wanda ya girma a cikin Cocin 'yan'uwa a McPherson, Kan.
Wampler ya bar tashar a ƙarshen Satumba zuwa tashar, wanda shine babban tushe na Amurka a cikin Antarctic, wanda Cibiyar Antarctic ta Amurka ke gudanarwa tare da Gidauniyar Kimiyya ta ƙasa mai kulawa, in ji ta. Wampler ya kara da cewa Amurka tana bin yarjejeniyar Antarctic ta kasa da kasa kuma duk amfanin tashar don dalilai na kimiyya ne cikin lumana. Tashar tana kan Shelf Ice Shelf ɗaruruwan mil daga sandar kudu. Ƙasa mafi kusa ita ce New Zealand.
Amma tare da wasu mutane uku da ke da alaƙa tsakanin 1,200 ko fiye da mutane a wurin lokacin rani na kudanci, Wampler har yanzu zai ji a gida. "Za mu fara Cocin Antarctica na Farko na 'Yan'uwa!" Ta yi dariya.
Pete Anna shine jami'in rigakafin kashe gobara na Sashen kashe gobara na Antarctic, kuma Erika Anna yana aiki tare da sashin sadarwa. Wampler yana aiki a cikin falo, ko kicin, a matsayin ma'aikacin cin abinci. Dell yana aiki a cikin gini.
Wampler ta yanke shawarar neman matsayi a McMurdo bayan wata abokiyar BVS ta yi aiki a can bara kuma ta nuna hotunan Antarctica. "Tana da irin wannan kwarewa ta musamman," in ji Wampler. "Na yi tunanin zan gwada shi."
Tsarin aikace-aikacen ya kasance mai tsayi, kuma ya haɗa da jarrabawar likita mai tsanani da na jiki, jarrabawar tunani, da gwajin damuwa idan ya cancanta, "saboda dole ne su tashi daga kankara" a cikin yanayin rashin lafiya mai tsanani, in ji Wampler. Kazalika masu tsada, irin waɗannan jiragen na iya haifar da babbar haɗari ga ma'aikatan tasha.
“Hakika ina fatan yin binciko tarihin nahiyar. A kusa da tashar McMurdo komai yana kiyaye ta ta hanyar mu'ujiza, "in ji Wampler, yana ba da misalan tantuna da matsuguni da masu binciken Antarctic na farko kamar Scott ke amfani da su ta wurin sanyi da bushewar yanayi.
A kusa da McMurdo a tsakiyar lokacin rani na kudanci, yanayin zafi na iya matsawa a cikin 30s da 40s tare da sanyin iska yana haifar da yanayin sanyi, in ji Wampler. Amma a baya da kuma daga baya a cikin shekara yanayi yana da sanyi sosai. A tsakiyar lokacin rani akwai sa'o'i 24 na hasken rana, Wampler ya ce: "Rana tana yin ƙananan da'ira a sararin sama."
Wampler zai dawo gida a watan Fabrairu bayan ya shafe watanni biyar a Antarctic. Mutane ɗari biyu ne kawai - ciki har da Annas - za su zauna a lokacin hunturu na kudanci, lokacin da tashar za ta kasance keɓe gaba ɗaya.
Ta kuma yi tsammanin ceton wasu kuɗi, bayan ƴan shekaru na aikin sa kai na cikakken lokaci. "Suna ba ku kuɗin kuɗi, kuma babu wurin da za ku kashe," in ji ta. Bayan McMurdo, Wampler yana fatan sake komawa aikin sa kai a shekara mai zuwa a wurin kiwon doki a Oregon.