>>2875829
There's less than 100 guys on this board, 90% of them never went out I'll let you compute the chances that the remaining 10% is one of the 3000 guys worldwide that is in the Antarctic program. What I'm trying to say is don't listen to anyone here or you'll literally die

>>2875833
hmm. I know there are a handful of ice vets here from years ago... I haven't been on /out/ in like 5 years :(

>>2875833
There was at least one dude who posted a bunch of pics from working there. Its been a while

>>2875885
there's someone on /sci/ who has done ice core drilling too

>>2875829
Retired Coastie here. I made 6 Deep Freeze deployments to McMurdo 1980-86. My advice is, get a complete set up of Dungeons and Dragons books and dice. Start brewing up a campaign before you depart. You want to have about 3 weeks of play time all rolled up and ready to go.

Give your coworkers a little escapist fantasy RPG action, you won’t regret it. D&D got me through all 6 South trips and a year of isolated duty at a LORAN station at the Arctic Circle.

>>2876068
nice! Ever do a stint at a DYE station?
I'm not big into tabletop games though, sorry... Never struck a chord with me. I do have a long list of things I want to experience / do, various hikes and activities
I think some of the forklifts still in use at mactown are the same ones you might have had in the 80s, heh.