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I'm working on a research base in Antarctica and we have one of the very few Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) detectors in the Southern hemisphere o
by vocatus_gate 10y ago
I'm working on a research base in Antarctica and we have one of the very few Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) detectors in the Southern hemisphere on our station. It's pretty interesting how fast the detection network can sense and locate a nuclear blast above a certain yield. North Korea is frequently discussed when referencing the effectiveness of the system.
- sidcool 10y agoThat's a cool job! How's a typical day for you?
- vocatus_gate 10y agoPretty varied! I'm the station's network engineer but because of how small it is, we spend a lot of time wearing different hats. I'm also assigned to the Glacier Search and Rescue team, the firefighting SCBA team, and the trauma team. About 60% of my time is spent doing IT work.
- asimuvPR 10y agoDo you keep a blog?
- vocatus_gate 10y agoI don't but I do post some pictures with detailed descriptions to an Imgur album here: http://imgur.com/a/ijX9Q http://imgur.com/a/ijX9Q
- asimuvPR 10y agoThank you.
- kzisme 10y agoAlso interested in reading about your experiences!
- vocatus_gate 10y agoThe closest thing I have to a blog is this Imgur album: http://imgur.com/a/ijX9Q http://imgur.com/a/ijX9Q I try to put detailed descriptions on each photo.
- colanderman 10y agoYou're not going to tell us whether you detected anything related to this blast? :)
- rejectedstone 10y agohttps://www.ctbto.org/press-centre/press-releases/2016/ctbto-executive-secretary-lassina-zerbo-on-the-unusual-seismic-event-detected-in-the-democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea/ https://www.ctbto.org/press-centre/press-releases/2016/ctbto...
- chaz6 10y agoThat sounds quite interesting, I did some searching and came across this document which describes CTBT https://elliott.gwu.edu/sites/elliott.gwu.edu/files/downloads/events/2.2%20Bowyer.pdf https://elliott.gwu.edu/sites/elliott.gwu.edu/files/download...