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> The National Science Foundation and the Navy send people every winter to Antarctica to these research stations that when they get in, they can’t get out; it’s
by niels_olson 14y ago
> The National Science Foundation and the Navy send people every winter to Antarctica to these research stations that when they get in, they can’t get out; it’s is the same thing as sending them to space. Jesus, there are unbelievable stories of people going crazy and having to build cages, because they’re out of control. Of course, if you’re a woman in that environment, you’re in real trouble.
Wait, what?! People going crazy on Antarctic expeditions and being (presumably) put in cages? Best I can find is the Belgian expedition of 1898, but no references to isolation. Anyone got better info?