The World's Most Southerly ATM

Every time I read about scientific settlement on Antarctica I long for a mad scientist billionaire to head down there with an appliance style Mitsubishi nuclear reactor, ocean containers of MREs and cold weather construction equipment and materials, a pile of weapons for self defense of their claim, a large team of highly motivated scientist settlers and their families and a new flag to plant to claim Antarctican Independence and restore the great frontier right here on earth.

Looks like an ATM is covered, which is just one less thing to bring.

Wow. I don't have much to add to the article, but I must say that was an interesting read!

I am curious about the security considerations they have taken with the employees that work with the ATM on location. I mean there is a connection to some banking institution there and I am not so sure if I would want non-Wells Fargo people working too closely with the machine.

On the other hand, my knowledge about ATM's is quite limited. They hand me money.

(and my girlfriend was rolling her eyes as I was throwing useless tidbits about ATM's at her this early in the morning)

What does raytheon do in antartica? Also the wikipedia page still says it's operated by the US.

I wonder why you even need an ATM there. I mean, you are very limited to what you spend on and most funding comes from corporates and projects. I guess, you don't even need an ATM card, you pretty much know who visits the ATM. duh!