I always imagined working in Antarctica to be like working on an oil rig. Alcohol is generally completely banned on such facilities.
Bars in Antarctica
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#13Wouldn’t all the bars in Antarctica be cool?
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#14I feel like the CO2 footprint for living there must be super high
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#15Wouldn’t all the bars in Antarctica be cool?
The article features a few that are inside stations that are presumably heated. They do still look cool, but in theory they could be lame.
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#16I feel like the CO2 footprint for living there must be super high
Which just makes Antarctica a more hospitable place in the long term.
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#17I always imagined working in Antarctica to be like working on an oil rig. Alcohol is generally completely banned on such facilities.
There's a lot of safety concerns, but not exactly the same level of danger.
I suspect the biggest danger, is passing out, and dying of exposure.
That also happens here, in New York. Every winter sees a few corpseicles.
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#18Two people I know met their partners while working at Antarctica. Plenty of social life I guess.
A relative of mine has applied to work there. He told me in all seriousness that he wanted a place where women couldn't get away from him. Thankfully, he was not selected.
Yikes! I understand the psych testing is quite thorough before you can work there, so that's a good catch.
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#19Thats how environmental scientists spend funding, huh?
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#20I always imagined working in Antarctica to be like working on an oil rig. Alcohol is generally completely banned on such facilities.
There's a lot of safety concerns, but not exactly the same level of danger. I suspect the biggest danger, is passing out, and dying of exposure. That also happens here, in New York. Every winter sees a few corpseicles.
Drunk people freezing to death on the street is common everywhere, even in Europe.
One of my friends last winter, walked back home super drunk and passed out on the street. Instead of being happy he didn't freeze to death, he was angry some people called the ambulance for him that took him to the hospital, and got a €600 bill for it.