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Four women are willingly giving up home comforts like running water and a flushable toilet to spend five months working at a remote post office in Antarctica.
The historic site receives about 18,000 human visitors each season, per NPR, and approximately 6,000 applicantsapplied to work at the remote office.
“Who wouldn’t want to spend five monthsworking on an island filled with penguinsin one of the most remote places on the planet?” she told the BBC Tuesday.
Chinstrap penguin colony on Elephant Island.© Christian Åslund/Greenpeace
“This will be my first time in Antarctica and I’m very excited to set eyes on the white continent,” their co-worker Hilton expressed about the excitement of the expedition. “I have no idea what to expect when we get there — how cold it will be, will we have to dig our way through the snow to the post office?”
“I’m a conservation biologist, so personally I can’t wait to see the penguins and other wildlife like seabirds and whales,” Hilton added.
Bruzzone, a scientist, will manage the team and have supervision over ships coming and going. She told BBC the opportunity is a “lifelong dream”.
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The conditions they face will be nothing like home in the U.K. In addition to temperatures that can drop as low as 23 degrees Fahrenheit, the employees will share a single bedroom and use acamping toiletfor their ‘comfort’ breaks — which also has to be emptied on a daily basis, according to NPR.
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In the application packet, it was noted, “Antarctica is a physically and mentally challenging place to work.”
source: people.com
