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Post by cj »

The linked post "Showering at the South Pole" is interesting as well. From how they get their water to its rationing.

If you arrive on a 90 day journey, you can bank your shower points (not shower) until your last day in the station, and spend your shower credits for a 52 minute shower! (1.3 gallons/minute)

https://brr.fyi/posts/showering-at-the-south-pole

> Reasonable options are as follows:

> Every 3 days: 102.9 shower-seconds. That’s 1 minute, 42.9 seconds. Bold and daring! Can you rinse off in time?

> Every 4 days: 137.2 shower-seconds. That’s 2 minutes, 17.2 seconds. Enjoy the extra time! You’ve earned it.

> Every 5 days: 171.5 shower-seconds. That’s 2 minutes, 51.5 seconds. Approaching luxury territory. Enjoy every precious, hard-earned second!

> Every 6 days: 205.8 shower-seconds. That’s 3 minutes (!!), 25.8 seconds. High risk, high reward. If you can hold out, you’ll be able to enjoy an indulgent, almost decadent shower.

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Post by foobarbecue »

telesilla wrote: post #13

I've always wanted to know if they watch (the excellent horror/gore/science movie set in Antarctica) The Thing there regularly or is it banned.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)

Heh. I spent 7 seasons on Mt Erebus. We all loved that movie. We would put it on whenever there was a really serious storm keeping us from getting work done. For context, we all slept in tents but there's a kitchen hut with electricity and a garage for the snowmobiles.

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Post by bunga-bunga »

cj wrote: post #11

The linked post "Showering at the South Pole" is interesting as well. From how they get their water to its rationing. If you arrive on a 90 day journey, you can bank your shower points (not shower) until your last day in the station, and spend your shower credits for a 52 minute shower! (1.3 gallons/minute) https://brr.fyi/posts/showering-at-the-south-pole > Reasonable options are as follows: > Every 3 days: 102.9 sh…

I think the benefit of the 90-day shower is that participants will start giving you their shower-seconds far earlier than that.

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Post by therealdrag0 »

cj wrote: post #11

The linked post "Showering at the South Pole" is interesting as well. From how they get their water to its rationing. If you arrive on a 90 day journey, you can bank your shower points (not shower) until your last day in the station, and spend your shower credits for a 52 minute shower! (1.3 gallons/minute) https://brr.fyi/posts/showering-at-the-south-pole > Reasonable options are as follows: > Every 3 days: 102.9 sh…

Why no mention of a bucket bath? I think being clean is more valuable to me than the actual shower part. So I think I’d opt for the daily .75 gal or every other day 1.5 gal bucket and hand wash myself.
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