A life on the ice

December 2017

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December 2017

Al Fastier weathering the cold in Antarctica, a place he says becomes addictive. Photo: Supplied
Al Fastier has spent a decade restoring historic huts in Antarctica, built by pioneering explorers including Ernest Shackleton and Robert Falcon Scott. If you love working in isolated places, you couldn’t do much better than Antarctica. Al Fastier has spent 20 seasons on the frozen continent, most recently restoring huts built during the age of […]
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