ChrisNY Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 -45 tonight, I think I am there. 🥶 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poor farmer/logger Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 21 hours ago, Steve C. said: Belgium's research station there just had a wuflu outbreak. At the very end of the earth and still couldn't avoid it. I think Ian posted a link to the article. True story based on the crew's diaries. Coincidentally, I found a video documentary about Ernest Shackleton's expedition there that was very faithful to what I read recently in a book called Endurance. That’s a pretty amazing story of survival. Hard to believe anyone made it out alive really. My brother brought us out the book to read. I didn’t get a chance to read it all but got the basic story anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 minute ago, poor farmer/logger said: That’s a pretty amazing story of survival. Hard to believe anyone made it out alive really. My brother brought us out the book to read. I didn’t get a chance to read it all but got the basic story anyways. The really incredible thing to me is that they all made it out. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1 hour ago, ChrisNY said: -45 tonight, I think I am there. 🥶 +33 here, but fixin' to get a little cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cattech Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 For the interested, a website with Webcams and current weather info at the South Pole research center and a couple other places. https://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/spwebcam.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKwelder Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 I think the way people make money while working on Antarctica is they have free room and board and don’t spend any, which isn’t the case if your wife is at home with an Amazon account. We have had several coworkers that have done hitches on Antarctica, nothing extraordinary. There are two types of shifts from my understanding, go down for a summer work season, which is the most common, and go down for the overwinter caretaker crew, which seems to pay more. if you want the adventure without the extended stay look into Alaskan oil field jobs. They are shorter hitches and you get most of the excitement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 13 minutes ago, AKwelder said: if you want the adventure without the extended stay look into Alaskan oil field jobs. They are shorter hitches and you get most of the excitement I'm excited enough. Good adventure for the right kind of young single guy though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKwelder Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 11 minutes ago, Steve C. said: I'm excited enough. Good adventure for the right kind of young single guy though. Yeah, that’s all you will find in the oil fields, guys. Antarctica has a more varied menu, but most are what I would call hippies, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, AKwelder said: Yeah, that’s all you will find in the oil fields, guys. I think that's kind of how it is with the guys working the towboats and barges on the big rivers. They can make big bucks, but kind of a rough way to live. Some on here surely knows more ttan I do about it, but I think they're on for a certain amount of time, then off for the same.. I've heard they eat really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cattech Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 The Antarctica job that I would like to do would be the traverse. That's the Challenger and Quad Track tractors that distribute supplies to the various stations. I believe they go out on 2-3 week long routes. Not only pulling the supplies for the stations, but everything needed to survive the arctic plains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 21 hours ago, poor farmer/logger said: That’s a pretty amazing story of survival. Hard to believe anyone made it out alive really. My brother brought us out the book to read. I didn’t get a chance to read it all but got the basic story anyways. an extension of that for a read is the book "Shackleton's Whisky". "A Vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky that he left behind." A couple of cases of Whiskey were left behind and discovered in melting ice under Shackleton's hut around 2010. Some were brought back to Christchurch and luckily survived the major earthquakes we had... that could have been a crying shame. These have been preserved and a batch has been specially blended by master blenders... and you can buy a bottle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poor farmer/logger Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 15 minutes ago, JamesW said: an extension of that for a read is the book "Shackleton's Whisky". "A Vivid account of Ernest Shackleton's 1907 Antarctic Expedition, and the cases of Mackinlay's single malt whisky that he left behind." A couple of cases of Whiskey were left behind and discovered in melting ice under Shackleton's hut around 2010. Some were brought back to Christchurch and luckily survived the major earthquakes we had... that could have been a crying shame. These have been preserved and a batch has been specially blended by master blenders... and you can buy a bottle! That’s pretty amazing that it survived all those years. Would’ve have been a very sad day indeed if they’d broke in that earthquake. I’ll have to check it out and mention it to my brother as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bud guy Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 8 hours ago, AKwelder said:if you want the adventure without the extended stay look into Alaskan oil field jobs. They are shorter hitches and you get most of the excitement Long time ago in college I would have friends in the diesel program that would go up to Alaska during Christmas break to work in the mines/oil fields and make enough money to pay their tuition for the next semester. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_Farmer Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 8:49 PM, hardtail said: @Dr. Erniewas there many times and had numerous posts years ago about equipment and adventures https://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/topic/42530-from-the-land-of-ice/ My son , 2 terms, saved a guys life from a cowboys stupid antics. Not all rosy as some would assume. He loved the D 8's for feathering the portable labs into position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 7:40 PM, ChrisNY said: -45 tonight, I think I am there. 🥶 Good grief! Didn't think it got that cold in NY! Thought Lake Ontario would insulate you better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNY Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, DT Fan said: Good grief! Didn't think it got that cold in NY! Thought Lake Ontario would insulate you better. Nope. We are often the coldest in the nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I experienced -33 three separate times the winter I was in Minnesota, cold enough for me! Actually complained about that to a buddy that lived in Baudette, he said it was -50 there! No doubt in my mind that it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNY Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 High today got up to -6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 5:55 PM, Steve C. said: Coincidentally, I found a video documentary about Ernest Shackleton's expedition there that was very faithful to what I read recently in a book called Endurance. Shackleton's ship Endurance has been found (March 5th) in remarkably excellent condition 3000m deep. They say 'found'... but they accurately navigated the whole time they were locked in the ice and drifting. I expect they had a good idea where to look Plenty of video on youtube if you want more. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKwelder Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, JamesW said: Shackleton's ship Endurance has been found (March 5th) in remarkably excellent condition 3000m deep. They say 'found'... but they accurately navigated the whole time they were locked in the ice and drifting. I expect they had a good idea where to look Plenty of video on youtube if you want more. His book was really good. As were his navigation skills. When he and a few guys left to get help they traveled to the Falkland Islands, I think, in a boat that was really small. Then climbed over a mountain range to get help on the opposite coast. and to really flip it out, they reached civilization after a couple years and asked who won the war, WWI, which was still raging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesW Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 4 minutes ago, AKwelder said: When he and a few guys left to get help they traveled to the Falkland Islands, I think, in a boat that was really small. Then climbed over a mountain range to get help on the opposite coast. A bit further south.... South Georgia.... you will find it hard to find a more amazing survival story, with no one lost out of whole crew!. Worth a read/watch, whatever you can access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve C. Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 6 hours ago, JamesW said: Shackleton's ship Endurance has been found (March 5th) in remarkably excellent condition 3000m deep. They say 'found'... but they accurately navigated the whole time they were locked in the ice and drifting. I expect they had a good idea where to look Plenty of video on youtube if you want more. Yeah, I heard that yesterday. 6 hours ago, AKwelder said: His book was really good. As were his navigation skills. When he and a few guys left to get help they traveled to the Falkland Islands, I think, in a boat that was really small. Then climbed over a mountain range to get help on the opposite coast. and to really flip it out, they reached civilization after a couple years and asked who won the war, WWI, which was still raging RIght. I just read the book this winter. Incredible story. And Shackleton didn't lose a single man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 4:41 PM, mmi said: calling world renowned.....Lorenso...... have you been in(warm) under (wet) and over (Popsicle) .....photos if not "classified" No i have not. However, we were contracted to design and build an ice cube for testing drill bits used for core sampling in Antarctica. Long story short, one of the “research” labs there AKA early warning missile detection sights tested their core bits in our ice cube. We custom built a two story high 14 foot diameter tube that we wrapped with a copper evaporator. It was placed in a building in its upright position, filled with water and frozen solid . A platform was built around the top and core bits were tested . That contract led to us building two portable freezers on sleds that were towed on to the testing sights to hold the core samples. All funded by a Government grant BTW. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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