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I’m sure I’ll be laughed at, but I wonder what the condoms were for. How long is a “tour”? I’m assuming she wasn’t sexually active 100% of the weeks in her tou

I’m sure I’ll be laughed at, but I wonder what the condoms were for. How long is a “tour”? I’m assuming she wasn’t sexually active 100% of the weeks in her tour, so 500 seems like a lot even if the tour was for a year. Were they distributed among colleagues? Were they used for some other interesting reason (like when the Top Gear presenters took viagra when driving over a volcano)? Or is there really nothing else to do in Antarctica than have sex all day?

toomuchtodo 8y ago
"About four or five months for typical summer contracts (October thru February) in McMurdo, three and a half months for a summer south pole contract, or thirteen months for winter-over contracts. A winter-over usually starts at the beginning of summer (October-ish) and lasts until the beginning of the next summer." http://www.60south.com/about/faq.htm http://www.60south.com/about/faq.htm I also really enjoyed this quote from the same page: "The first time you come down for the adventure. The second time for the money. And the third time because you can't function anywhere else anymore."
- yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
  That FAQ is super interesting, but this line made me even more confused about the woman with the 500 condoms. > About the only thing the dispensary ever dispenses is advice. Drinking is officially sanctioned, condoms are freely distributed and sledding is against the rules, which gives you some idea of the managing philosophy. Also, this line made me giggle: > Just don't come down here expecting a good love life (unless you're a woman, in which case the odds are good but the goods are odd).
  - rbonvall 8y ago
    Probably those freely distributed condoms are the leftovers from that lady's trip.
DonHopkins 8y ago
You can trade them for weed.

3 ms·

I’m sure I’ll be laughed at, but I wonder what the condoms were for. How long is a “tour”? I’m assuming she wasn’t sexually active 100% of the weeks in her tou

by yakshaving_jgt 8y ago

toomuchtodo 8y ago
"About four or five months for typical summer contracts (October thru February) in McMurdo, three and a half months for a summer south pole contract, or thirteen months for winter-over contracts. A winter-over usually starts at the beginning of summer (October-ish) and lasts until the beginning of the next summer." http://www.60south.com/about/faq.htm http://www.60south.com/about/faq.htm I also really enjoyed this quote from the same page: "The first time you come down for the adventure. The second time for the money. And the third time because you can't function anywhere else anymore."
- yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
  That FAQ is super interesting, but this line made me even more confused about the woman with the 500 condoms. > About the only thing the dispensary ever dispenses is advice. Drinking is officially sanctioned, condoms are freely distributed and sledding is against the rules, which gives you some idea of the managing philosophy. Also, this line made me giggle: > Just don't come down here expecting a good love life (unless you're a woman, in which case the odds are good but the goods are odd).
  - rbonvall 8y ago
    Probably those freely distributed condoms are the leftovers from that lady's trip.
DonHopkins 8y ago
You can trade them for weed.