No. 57: What do Hawaiians wear in Antarctica?

It's one of the great questions that anthropologists have struggled with for decades. I am pleased to report that, thanks to Cristina Ahmadpour (Isle's newest recruit in the US) we now have an answer.

Cristina has the truly enviable task of living in both California and Hawaii. What a chore it must be for her, bouncing between these two regions. All that sun, surf, sand, bronzed bodies. It must be sooo hard. However don't feel too envious. All is not perfect for her. Her fiancé, the fantastically named Jarred Roberts (surely the name of an action hero) has left her for 3 months. He has gone to Antarctica as part of an scientific expedition (that’s just the sort of thing heroes do). Aside from the testing of expensive intricate technical equipment they are also charged with answering the challenging question: what does a Hawaiian wear in Antarctica?

The results are in. See attached photo. Jarred is the second guy from the right (even looks like a hero). The guy on the left, in shorts, is from Hawaii.

The best thing about Jarred being away is this means Cristina can now devote every minute of every waking hour to the Isle cause. No excuses Ahmadpour. Get to work. I feel a warm glow inside.

Bet Jarred doesn’t.

(for those of you who are interested in learning more there is a really well written blog on this experiment at http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/expeditions/2014/10/29/neutrinos-on-ice-detection-balloon-heads-to-antarctica/)