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I had a colleague once who worked in antarctica for a while. She told me that according to a long standing tradition, every year after the last supply plane lef
by phrotoma 3y ago
I had a colleague once who worked in antarctica for a while. She told me that according to a long standing tradition, every year after the last supply plane left for the winter and the base was buttoned up for a long dark wait until spring, the whole crew would gather in the lounge together to watch The Thing.
That's all I got, I just love this story and mention it every chance I get.
- arrowsmith 3y agoAs a huge fan of that movie: this story brings me joy.
- sidlls 3y agoThey had a betamax version of the original movie when I was there. Didn't get a chance to make use of the lounge to watch it, though.
- beanjuiceII 3y agoand then the vampires arrived, that's all you ever heard again :( didn't they make a movie about this?
- mrbonner 3y ago“7 days of night” is about Alaska from the North Pole mate.
- at_a_remove 3y ago30 Days of Night.
- CuriousCosmic 3y agoYeah this is a thing at the South Pole Station however it's normally in the gym. They drag all the recliners, couches, and mattresses they can into the gym and settle in to watch all three versions of The Thing on the projector back to back. https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at-the-pole/2016/03/2016-week-7-at-pole/ https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/life-at-the-pole/2016/03/2016-...
- at_a_remove 3y agoI also liked hearing about the "Skua" barrels, which are local recycling (I can't/won't take this back with me to the mainland) named after the voracious local avians, a sort of Ur-seagull with their worst traits magnified.
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