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Antarctica: McMurdo research station is looking for a Systemadministrator
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoThis is kinda awesome. I'd be tempted if I didn't already have a great new job. Being from Chicago, how bad an Antarctica really be?
- v4n4d1s 11y agoIf you run into problems with your linux machines, you can grab the next penguin for help. There's probably no reliable internet connection in Antarctica and delivering spare parts takes months. I'm pretty sure it's a nearly impossible job for most system administrators.
- karlkatzke 11y agoAll internet is via satellite. There's the commercial links that are mostly for bulk data. Most email is over a set of multiplexed satellite phones.
- joezydeco 11y agoIf you're really curious about what goes on down there, you should read the works of Nick Johnson, author of the "Big Dead Place" blog and a subsequent book. http://feralhouse.com/big-dead-place/ http://feralhouse.com/big-dead-place/ The blog is off line (might be on archive.org), and Johnson sadly took his own life in 2012. http://feralhouse.com/nick-johnson-rip/ http://feralhouse.com/nick-johnson-rip/