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Are there jobs like this out there that you can do for months at a time without being too skilled? He was manning the Antarctic station - that sounds like it i

by andrem 9y ago

Are there jobs like this out there that you can do for months at a time without being too skilled? He was manning the Antarctic station - that sounds like it involves routine work that anyone can do (absolutely no offense), are there jobmarkets out there for these sort of gigs? Just curious really.

AndrewOMartin 9y ago
Firewatch, maybe? I know literally nothing about it.
pivo 9y ago
I used to dream about being a light house keeper but I'm sue those jobs are no more.
monster_group 9y ago
He was doing that job in 1934. The world has changed a lot since then. Of course there is still need for routine jobs in Antarctica too (janitors, cooks etc.). However, there is a long list of applicants who want to go to Antarctica. You might enjoy [1]. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361700/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361700/
mxvzr 9y ago
I enjoyed reading some of the blog posts on here awhile back: http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/index.html http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/index.html. The author spent a number of seasons, including winter, in Antartica. From what I remember he was a "techie" who would run/maintain experiments for European universities; outdoor experience & knowledge on how to operate a LIDAR were his qualifications for the job. The tasks may sound mundane however even running an ethernet cable by -70c is more challenging than it sounds. There is also an American station but it's rather crowded so I doubt you'd get to enjoy solitude there. The British station is less crowded but I heard it smells terrible.
ioddly 9y ago
I'm not sure if there's much of a market for it (I think it's shrinking), but fire lookouts are one job like this. I enjoyed reading Fire Season which is basically half history of the Forest Service & wildland firefighting and half a guy's personal account of being a fire lookout.

by andrem 9y ago

AndrewOMartin 9y ago

Firewatch, maybe? I know literally nothing about it.

pivo 9y ago

I used to dream about being a light house keeper but I'm sue those jobs are no more.

monster_group 9y ago

He was doing that job in 1934. The world has changed a lot since then. Of course there is still need for routine jobs in Antarctica too (janitors, cooks etc.). However, there is a long list of applicants who want to go to Antarctica. You might enjoy [1]. [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361700/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361700/

mxvzr 9y ago

I enjoyed reading some of the blog posts on here awhile back: http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/index.html http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/index.html. The author spent a number of seasons, including winter, in Antartica. From what I remember he was a "techie" who would run/maintain experiments for European universities; outdoor experience & knowledge on how to operate a LIDAR were his qualifications for the job. The tasks may sound mundane however even running an ethernet cable by -70c is more challenging than it sounds. There is also an American station but it's rather crowded so I doubt you'd get to enjoy solitude there. The British station is less crowded but I heard it smells terrible.

ioddly 9y ago

I'm not sure if there's much of a market for it (I think it's shrinking), but fire lookouts are one job like this. I enjoyed reading Fire Season which is basically half history of the Forest Service & wildland firefighting and half a guy's personal account of being a fire lookout.