# I just got offered a job in Antarctica **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506 "2013-03-21T00:55:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/21 "2013-03-21T02:37:56Z")
Congratulations. It’s not at Outpost #31, is it? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/22 "2013-03-21T02:55:04Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > I will be cooking. Penguin a l’orange? I am so envious. That’s one part of the earth I’ve always wanted to visit, but probably never will. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/23 "2013-03-21T03:44:17Z")
That Walt Disney movie about a guy who left his dogs and went back to look for them. Those leopard seals really look mean. Stay away from killer whale carcasses. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/24 "2013-03-21T05:17:23Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > I have also worked on the Arctic Ocean on the North Slope oil fields. And all sorts of exotic and remote places. I love the cold and wish to write a book called the Bi-Polar Cook. This is an essential part of making the book happen. Awesome, and I hope you are able to regale us with tales, for I do love your tales. Please share with us when you can. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/25 "2013-03-21T05:18:59Z")
> [@fifty-six](#): > > It is gonna be was nicer than my last 8 month stint on a remote part of Akutan. Although I don’t like telling people that. Is there a non-remote part of Akutan? 😉 There’s, what, wooden sidewalks, 20 trailers and a bar that you don’t want to ring the bell at unless you’re above flush. If you were on the OTHER side, I hope you were holed up in one of the bunkers, at least. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/26 "2013-03-21T05:24:01Z")
Well, and pictures too. Get as many “cool” pictures as you can, the long night will be just about ending when you get there. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/27 "2013-03-21T06:31:07Z")
just remember, keep watching the skies. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/28 "2013-03-21T06:42:12Z")
God, please keep us informed—I’m just fascinated by this. 🆒 Hell, I’d thought about applying for an Antarctic job _myself_, except that I don’t currently qualify (I have all my wisdom teeth, among other things). ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/29 "2013-03-21T07:00:41Z")
could we do a travelling gnome thing for dopers only? it doesn’t have to be a gnome, but it would be cool to be part of something that started in Antartica. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/30 "2013-03-21T11:18:26Z")
Wow, cool. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/31 "2013-03-21T11:28:14Z")
A friend worked at McMurdo Station for 3 months in IT, two years back. He said it was a great experience. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/32 "2013-03-21T11:37:28Z")
Many years ago my boss took a sabbatical to lead an expedition in Antarctica. They were going to be on a shiop for a long time there with spare tim,e on their hands. So we gave him a copy of John Carpenter’s **The Thing** to play over and over for entertainment. Be careful what you take. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/33 "2013-03-21T13:07:59Z")
I am so excited by this. What an adventure! Cooking in an exotic place, maybe the most exotic on Earth. When I saw who started this thread, my first thought was, “who else but **fifty-six**? He loves the damn cold!” Be safe. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/34 "2013-03-21T13:24:20Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > could we do a travelling gnome thing for dopers only? it doesn’t have to be a gnome, but it would be cool to be part of something that started in Antartica. The traveling Cecil? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/35 "2013-03-21T13:43:57Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Cool beans. Frozen beans, surely. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/36 "2013-03-21T13:57:18Z")
My brother-in-law wintered over three times. Is that the correct term? Once while in the Navy and twice for companies. ITT? He made a LOT of money and met his first wife there! (Must have been slim pickings.) He made sure that the generators kept running and the electricity worked. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/37 "2013-03-21T14:31:51Z")
Are you going to be working in the lair of an evil super villian? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/38 "2013-03-21T14:33:44Z")
Werner Herzog made a [Documentary](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093824/) about life at the Antarctic outposts, “Encounters at the End of the World”. I thought it was interesting, except for Herzog’s droll narration. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/39 "2013-03-21T14:44:39Z")
I know several guys that have wintered-over at McMurdo. They all said that the cook was everyone’s favorite. You should be good. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506/40 "2013-03-21T15:38:29Z")
You may want to pick [this](http://www.amazon.com/Little-Mountain-Bible-Cookbook-Recipes/dp/0963776304) up. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-offered-a-job-in-antarctica/653506.md?page=3)