Working in Antarctica

[Masquerouge]

Definitely. I don't see how I would pass any opportunity to set foot on the 6th continent, and you're telling me I'm going to be awesomely PAID to do it?

 

[IglooDame]

Never cross a penguin.

Or a Moose. I hear their bites can be quite nasty...

A moose once bit my sis... ah, nevermind.

I oughta apply - how could they turn down someone named IglooDude?

 

[Mr. Dictator]

i love how the least inhabitable continent has people tripping over themselves to go

anyways, i would to do a menial job if the pay was great. hell, it is a frontier after all.

any info on how to go?

 

[Chaos_BF1942]

I would take the job. It would sound cool (no pun intended). I'll just need to go to South America and Africa. Then I can say I been to every continent in the world.

I already circumnavigated the world when I went to Japan in June. Had a connetion flight in Frankfurt before going to Osaka (and I left Tokyo going east).

 

[angeleyes]

At once ..

 

[Aramazd]

Absolutely, 4x the pay in 1/3 of the time, not to mention that I get to go to Antarctica.

 

[LucyDuke]

You wouldn't even have to quadruple my pay.

I mean, go ahead, quadruple it anyway, but I'd go without that incentive, too.

 

[Atlas14]

Cheesy, Phleg, Atlas, John, (Homie, too, when he sees this thread):

Seriously, you should push this dream of combining Antarctic exploration with space exploration. The Space Program needs qualified people with excellent extreme-living experience. Getting time on-the-ground in Antarctica would shoot up your resume something awesome

I guarantee that if you're interested AT ALL in Space + Hard Living, you'll want to check out what this guy has done and is doing.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/141

This guy has the resume and the dream to get something going.

You always have a cool video for everything, thanks Microbiological research on space organisms/bacteria could be very interesting. I would love to apply for something like this.

 

[Shylock]

I'd totally do it. It's not like I'll miss much at home.

Plus, I hate the heat. I could probably run a high end computer system (one that could run Crysis maxed with no lag) without even needing a fan running down there.

 

[El_Machinae]

It was the hard-core deep and scary lifestyle the guy lived that amazed me. "Nothing you see here existed before 1999!" Yowza.

He's probably not so much looking specifically for microbiologists, but hardy (and experienced) science and engineer types.

 

[nc-1701]

F'ing Yeah!!! Man, I would so freaking do it

 

[Leonel]

Sign me up! I could live very well for a while on 120k after 4 months.

 

[Truronian]

We had someone talk to us about this (The Antartic survey as he called it) in sixth form... one of my friends plans to do it after getting her (geology) degree. I'd be all for it myself, so long as I didn't have any major reasons to stay in Britain.

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ for the Brits.

 

[Thorbal]

That would be simply awesome ! Cold climate, not so many unnverving humans to deal with.... aaaah I probably would go there for no pay at all, if I got food and shelter.
But I don´t think that they would need me ( I cannot see how a social scientist would be of use there ) .

 

[TheBladeRoden]

I get paid $0 per year, so a 4x raise wouldn't help much, but then again I would be away from my parents, but then again the shipment rate from newegg would probably be tremendous, so I'd have to do it after I upgrade. But then again there probably aren't any hot babes in Antarctica.

 

[Perfection]

It's hard to imagine what need they'd have for an underwear model there, but I'd be in.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Never cross a penguin.

Good advice -- I've read that if they whap you with their flippers, it can really hurt!

Or a Moose. I hear their bites can be quite nasty...

I oughta apply - how could they turn down someone named IglooDude?

Wrong Pole, guys... There are no moose in Antarctica, and I have never heard of anybody building igloos there either.

But I don´t think that they would need me ( I cannot see how a social scientist would be of use there ) .

Actually, social scientists would be very valuable assets in an experiment to see how people cope with isolation in a harsh environment. All it takes is one person flipping out or some other wrong turn in the group dynamics to completely derail an expedition (on Earth, as well as Mars).


Would I go? Absolutely. I already have limited contact with people in RL, and am comfortable in smallish living quarters and wide open skies.

Even if only to see real penguins that haven't been "zoo-ified" and a whole new night sky... that in itself would be worth the trip. I've never seen the southern constellations, and the Magellanic Clouds aren't visible from my latitude.

And I hate the heat. It's been so horribly hot lately, I've barely been able to think, let alone post anything of much consequence. Every summer I muse about heading down south...

 

[bhsup]

Valka, are you suggesting that simply being in a cold, isolated environment could be enough to make someone snap??

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I live in Canada, remember? It's the heat that drives me up the wall.

It's the isolation that makes some people nuts. But the important thing in any expedition is not only the scientific credentials of the team, but how well they mesh psychologically with each other and with themselves. That's why I say that a social scientist would be invaluable.

 

[El_Machinae]

I'd wonder how their internet connections are? I think that isolation-based syndromes would have gone WAY down with access to webcams.