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Subject 1: (Sound Effects). Subtitle: Will Steger cabin ambiance. Timecode In: 00:16:57. Timecode out: 01:16:33. Notes: Includes intermittent conversations. Subject 2: (Interview). Subtitle: Will Steger, Peter Breslow. Timecode In: 01:16:34. Timecode out: 01:59:20. Notes: Polar expedition discussions. Equipment Notes: Decoded MS stereo. NPR/NGS RADIO EXPEDITIONS WILL STEGER WITH PETER BRESLOW April 1997 LOG NG = no good OK G = good VG = very good DAT 1 OK 00:19-07:52 (Mon pm) -driving in car to meet Will and Elsa (beginning not as good -ok to set up the long trip into backwoods to Steger's house) @ 05:27 -change into 4 wheel drive 08:09 (in car) PB: is that a big green gate? .. he said turn in at the big green gate on the left G 08:24-14:37 turning down his driveway, more driving 14:40 -PB -well we've gone this far ...wholly moley! 14:53-15:45 driving... 16:02 -PB: here we are ... (FX: opening and closing car door) 16:14 walking out of car to house, through wet snow 16:37 -sound of a chain saw 16:57 PB -we weren't sure we had the right place here 7 17:08 WS -quite a trip out, huh! (PB -yeah!) we just put that road in about 5 yrs ago. we used to come in 3 miles over the lakes to get in ... (walking through wet snow with generator in bg) 17:35 PB -well, i am glad you told. us to get a 4-wheel drive 17:40 WS -well ... (PB -wow, look at that place up there) yeah we have been working on that for a decade. that's future convention/conference center -a thinktank -retreat type think tank for small groups, 7 to 8 people. mostly i want to do work in education environment there. probably will be finished in 2 more years. PB -you have been working on it for a decade? 18:06 WS -yeah, quite a project PB -yeah, we came around the bend there and it kind of looked liked some magical castle up on the hill WS -yeah. i'll take you up there. we are just finishing up putting up a wood floor in the back room there ..... (OFF MIKE this thaw .... ) 18:43 WS -we make everything here -the bldgs, doors, windows ¬ PB -how many of you live up here? 18:56 -WS: well, ah -i bought the land in 1964 ... i bought the land for 400 hundred dollars ... walking up to the house 22:05 WS -we are just finishing up spring cleaning, and the house is a mess ...come on in...this is my wife Elsa ... 23:03 ...we have used this as a training camp for a dozen years -for Antarctica. we have had 10 to 12 people living here for almost 10 years and then 50 dogs. we base the expeditions out of here. and organize them and all the gear and all of the dogs. and all of that is over with and i am solo'ing. so i am going to be doing that for some time. but that i will use the facilities for the meeting ctr, retreat ctr. then in the 70s here i used to raise all of my food. when it was really isolated i would have small gardens and i am going to get back to that (hammering in bg) self-sufficiency probably in another 3 more years i figure. PB -so is it just the 2 of you living here? 23:44 Yeah. right now. there is one carpenter/craftsman that lives here. he lives in one of the cabins. you may have seen him out there. he is doing some work. so 3 of us are out here. so it is pretty quiet out here right now. break-up at this time of year is always quiet (hammering in bg) ... it is hard to move around -hard to drive around. 24:04 PB Is it actually easier to drive around in the winter time? WS -oh yeah. it is almost like a paved freeway. winter roads ...are really easy.....the best roads are in the winter time ...no one plows it .. . 26:11 PB-so you have a generator for electricity? 26:14 WS -here i use solar -solar power and propane. there isn't any generator here at all ....outdoor plumbing ... 26:50 PB -...but do you have to haul water? WS -yeah-right now, i will show you tomorrow -the ice here ¬the water is a little bit brackish -not ... (Notes truncated)