Years ago at a party, I talked to a guy who had lived/worked at one of these stations for a while (not sure it was yours, I'm guessing it was South Pole for reasons that should become obvious) and he told us a bunch of stories. He confirmed that there is indeed an object at the South Pole like one would imagine, a ten foot tall barber-striped pole with a big chrome ball on top. He also described one of their "rites of passage," which was that one had to spend 30 minutes in a hot tub at full blast and then run, still wet and in their swimming trunks, to the physical South Pole and back.
I'm wondering if there is any truth to this? Or if there are any other unique traditions or what have you that you could tell us about?
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Years ago at a party, I talked to a guy who had lived/worked at one of these stations for a while (not sure it was yours, I'm guessing it was South Pole for reasons that should become obvious) and he told us a bunch of stories. He confirmed that there is indeed an object at the South Pole like one would imagine, a ten foot tall barber-striped pole with a big chrome ball on top. He also described one of their "rites of passage," which was that one had to spend 30 minutes in a hot tub at full blast and then run, still wet and in their swimming trunks, to the physical South Pole and back.
I'm wondering if there is any truth to this? Or if there are any other unique traditions or what have you that you could tell us about?
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