The Death of Frosty Boy and Frosty Girl

Probably one of the most appreciated conveniences here is that the ice cream machines are kept on 24 hours a day.  Because of this, there have been several nights where after leaving work around 10pm, a couple of us stop by and get a cone on the way back to the dorm.  There are two machines: Frosty Boy and Frosty Girl.

Frosty Girl has been broken for a couple of days, but that was OK since we still had Frosty Boy (plus, the cones and toppings were over by Frosty Boy anyway).  However, at lunch yesterday we heard a horrible noise come out of Frosty Boy and smoke started coming out of the back.  Somebody came over and unplugged it and it has been out of commission ever since.  I don't know how long Frosty Girl will be out of service, but from the smell it seems that Frosty Boy will be gone for quite a while.

I knew there would be deprivations in Antarctica, but sheesh....