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Do you like to be ridiculously cold for five months, surrounded by a horrible smell the whole time? Have I got a job for you! (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If I was 21 and single, hell yes. I regret not doing weird stuff like this.

[โ€“] FlyingSquid 3 points 11 months ago

I honestly considered working in Antarctica when I was in my 20s. I'm glad I didn't get any farther than looking at Raytheon's job listings for a while because the more I read about life there, the more I am glad I didn't go. There are a ton of sexual harassment issues and a lot of alcoholism. I think it sounds romantic, but we don't really understand how bleak it is and how it's just not a place we're supposed to live until we get there.