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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, you have a personal anecdote but the data suggests that people do indeed become prone to sexually harassing women.

I certainly won't claim that no harassment ever takes place; every wintering team is different, and I have no doubt that plenty of women _do_ experience some form of harassment or unwanted attention. When you live in a small, close-knit community with (generally) a large gender imbalance, there will be tensions. What I object to is the unsubstantiated claim that Antarctica "brings out the animal in each of us"; that…

So much preventative process and yet so much violence still occurs. The environment must be truly stressful. The concept of the animal within each of us isn’t metaphor—we are literally animals. Our environment strongly affects what sort of behaviors appear in the aggregate. This isn’t to disparage your character. This is to be aware that we are all capable of evil and we must be aware of it. Process alone cannot snuff out our instincts.

Re: Last Flight Out

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> Our water comes from a “Rodwell”, which is basically a big hole in the ground. TIL some people call a borewell a "rodwell"

not quite a borewell. short for rodriguez. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodriguez_well https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/rodwell/rodwell.html

TIL, thank you for this!
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