The loneliest place on Earth.

[soydios]

now that is an IT support job that I would take.

 

[Tweak155]

Number 8 is crazy.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Cool

 

[kinev]

Originally posted by: Steve
That second pic reminds me of the battle on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back.


In other news, did you know Antarctica's area code is 672?

That's exactly what I was going to say!

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Ballatician

Originally posted by: illusion88
wow, 300 degree temperature change....

yea, wow indeed:shocked:

And a 200 degree sauna? Wouldn't that result in first degree burns? I start to feel pain at somewhere around 140F.

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: techs
http://www.computerworld.com/a...asic&articleId=9050539


Check out the pics.
Number 6 is da shizzt.

How much do you have to pay someone to work there?

my bro-in-law was considering an offer to work 12 months for $120,000 as an air traffic controller in antartica

lot of air traffic around the south pole that i dont know about?

that's actually a pretty crappy salary for ATC... most controllers are right around $100k in any 1st world country. to live in Antarctica for an extra $20k... i wouldn't.

and it's not about the volume of traffic, in a climate like that you want someone specifically on the ground telling you 'airport' conditions, weather observation and the like.

 

[dpert1]

yeah, but consider the amount of actual air traffic youd be controlling...

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: techs
http://www.computerworld.com/a...asic&articleId=9050539


Check out the pics.
Number 6 is da shizzt.

How much do you have to pay someone to work there?

my bro-in-law was considering an offer to work 12 months for $120,000 as an air traffic controller in antartica

lot of air traffic around the south pole that i dont know about?

that's actually a pretty crappy salary for ATC... most controllers are right around $100k in any 1st world country. to live in Antarctica for an extra $20k... i wouldn't.

and it's not about the volume of traffic, in a climate like that you want someone specifically on the ground telling you 'airport' conditions, weather observation and the like.

I know some atc guys and they are getting $60-$70 grand after 10 years

 

[MegaVovaN]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: Ballatician

Originally posted by: illusion88
wow, 300 degree temperature change....

yea, wow indeed:shocked:

And a 200 degree sauna? Wouldn't that result in first degree burns? I start to feel pain at somewhere around 140F.

200 deg F sauna is nothing

in Russia/ex-USSR they take 120-130 deg CELSIUS saunas.
thats 248-266 degrees F, respectively.

You do not get in water, sauna is where you sit in a wooden room...there are hot stones and you pour water on them to make steam. Mmmm I miss this, it is rare and expensive in US.

P.S. water's boiling point is 212 def F and 100 deg C

edit2: there is a sauna in University of Houston near pool but it's cold compared to Russian saunas

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I always wondered if there was an actual pole at the north and south poles.

Me too. But I was hoping it would look like a barber shop pole. 😀

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I always wondered if there was an actual pole at the north and south poles.

Me too. But I was hoping it would look like a barber shop pole. 😀

They say bar magnets have north and south poles and horseshoe magnets have east and west poles.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
While I think going to Antarctica would be a cool thing to do...(literally) it looks far too dammed cold to me. Anything below about 50F is pushing the limit of human tolerance...😀

Is that +50F? You should try standing inline outside BB with -10F after windchill :Q

 

[Scouzer]

Originally posted by: miketheidiot

Originally posted by: Scouzer

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: techs
http://www.computerworld.com/a...asic&articleId=9050539


Check out the pics.
Number 6 is da shizzt.

How much do you have to pay someone to work there?

my bro-in-law was considering an offer to work 12 months for $120,000 as an air traffic controller in antartica

lot of air traffic around the south pole that i dont know about?

that's actually a pretty crappy salary for ATC... most controllers are right around $100k in any 1st world country. to live in Antarctica for an extra $20k... i wouldn't.

and it's not about the volume of traffic, in a climate like that you want someone specifically on the ground telling you 'airport' conditions, weather observation and the like.

I know some atc guys and they are getting $60-$70 grand after 10 years

that's a pretty lousy salary. i'm canadian ATC and i made $53k in my first year.

but the FAA is notorious for poorly treating controllers, so i can't say i'm surprised.

are they even FAA? if they are those private controllers, they'd probably get paid even worse.

the rest of the wrld pays better.

 

[BigToque]

I wanted to go work in Antarctica but gave up when I realized that the only way for me to get there was to become a citizen of the USA. I'm not gonna live in the states for 5 years just so I can work down there for 6-12 months.

It's kinda disappointing...

 

[Captante]

Originally posted by: Jhill

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: techs
http://www.computerworld.com/a...asic&articleId=9050539


Check out the pics.
Number 6 is da shizzt.

talk about shrinkage

I know, mine would probably go all the way down to.008 inches.

Fixed! 😛

 

[FoBoT]

my bro-in-law just got out of the Navy, so he hasn't been trained as a civilian ATC'er yet , so i am sure he is considered a rookie or entry level