4 ms·
Oh ok one more story. There is a road connecting McMurdo (US) and Scott Base (New Zealand). I think it's only a few miles. So I'm sitting in the McMurdo drivin
by foobarbecue 4y ago
Oh ok one more story. There is a road connecting McMurdo (US) and Scott Base (New Zealand). I think it's only a few miles.
So I'm sitting in the McMurdo driving training you have to take before you're allowed to take a truck out. Get to the end of the lecture. Instructor: "Any questions?" I ask, "yeah... so, New Zealanders drive on the left, and we drive on the right, right? Which side do we drive on if we go to Scott Base?"
Instructor, looking totally bored and serious: "Drive in the middle."
To this day I don't know if he was kidding.
- wkat4242 4y agoSo where did you drive? I suppose encountering another vehicle was extremely unlikely. I'm surprised they had a training for this. Is it more of a legal thing? Ps thanks for the insightful stories!
- foobarbecue 4y agoSome of it was legal ass-covering but also rules about vehicle heaters, wheel chocks, radios, fueling, checking out and in etc. I only walked to Scott, never ended up driving. Drove to building 71 a lot to install and service radios taking to my equipment on Erebus, and to and from the helipad. Oh yeah and some of the trucks have treads instead of wheels (matttracks) so those take some learning.