My dad did something like this up in northern Canada at the DEW Line (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dista

My dad did something like this up in northern Canada at the DEW Line (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line) to monitor the Russians during the cold war. He was a radio tech and while he told me stories about how bad the weather was combined with the loneliness, he also told me it was one of the most unique and best experiences in his life. It focused him into going back to school and becoming an aerospace engineer.