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> Seems like it would be an awesome experience though.

Unless you're there doing research that you enjoy doing, I can tell you that it will not be an awesome experience. For a few days, OK, but beyond that, you probably will be bored to death.

I once spent 30 days in the middle of nowhere doing research. Just a few guys, no females.

When we got back to civilization, everything looked super colorful. The green leaves of plants I first saw, and it remained like that for a few days, after we got back looked absolutely beautiful. I thought I'd never seen green colors that bright.

And the sight of women, omg!

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I felt like after a week in winter in Seattle and then returning to summer in Australia. Everything was so bright and colorful.

> you probably will be bored to death

As long as you have a computer (with or without internet) I could never imagine being bored.

"When we got back to civilization, everything looked super colorful... And the sight of women, omg!"

That's how I feel whenever I leave my apartment.

Antarctica wouldn't be such a big change for some.

Speaking of which, for those who are interested, I strongly recommend seeing Antarctica: A Year on Ice.[1] It's a bit of a rose-colored-glasses view, I think, but will still give you a sense of how dull and dangerous working and living there can be.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica:_A_Year_on_Ice

It couldn't be worse than being stuck in a FOB in the desert in Iraq.

Even if there are members of whatever sex you're interested in, I think that there is a general rule (official or unofficial) against getting involved (romantically/sexually) with others when you're in that sort of environment.

Antarctic Winterer here. Hahahahahaha! Erm, yeah, suuuuuuuure.

I remember there being an Reddit AMA from someone that was going to winter in Antarctica and that's where I got that from. So maybe that's the 'official word' or people doing different jobs have different amounts of care for that "rule." I dunno. It seemed to make sense to me that getting involved with each other could have fallout when it comes to getting actual things done if there are hard feelings, etc.

Yea, good luck with that.

I think the rule template is:

What happens in %REMOTE_PLACE%, stays in %REMOTE_PLACE%.

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