money. the third year is because you don t fit into anywhere else. siri: you can t function anywhere else. man in brown cap: that s right. anthony: siri grossman runs equipment and supply. siri: i really love it here. i feel like i live on a space station. i keep coming back. anthony: this is damn good. i like, after a hard day of dragging blocks of ice this is exactly what you need. man in brown cap: people who work outside, i mean, they ll burn 5, 6,000 calories a day. anthony: is there generally speaking people who work one and four hours at a time before they need to man in brown cap: come in and get warmed up. we eat pretty good down here considering where we are. so we ve got a five a week menu cycle. every friday for four weeks is new york strips. on the fifth week we do filet mignon and crab legs. we don t really do fancy food, we just do basic food well. anthony: filet mignon with crab legs? man in brown cap: it s every five weeks. anthony: how do you d
on the fifth week we do filet mignon and crab legs. we don t really do fancy food, we just do basic food well. anthony: filet mignon with crab legs? man in brown cap: it s every five weeks. anthony: how do you deal with vegetarians with no freshies? man in brown cap: we ve got lots of frozen and canned stuff. anthony: it s like justice. who determines the playlist? man in brown cap: it s usually whoever s shift is going on at the time. stuart: i think there was a complaint one day about the music that they picked this really awful song the next day and they played it over and over, and over. man in brown cap: it was afternoon delight. we just put in on loop. we started listening to german talk radio too. anthony: german talk radio. siri: yeah. anthony: so what do you do here? stuart: we re looking at the inside of the sun during the seismic probing. anthony: no one s looking for frozen nazi cyborgs? stuart: i think they ve got those in the top two layers.
what do you think the likely common thread between all of the people who choose to come to this place? stuart: everybody s got a spirit of adventure here. it s pretty cool because you think oh i ve done some really cool things, and then you talk to someone else and you go, oh, i ve done nothing. anthony: dr. stuart jeffries is an astronomer and solar specialist. man in brown cap: the first year is for the adventure. the second year is for the money. the third year is because you don t fit into anywhere else. siri: you can t function anywhere else. man in brown cap: that s right. anthony: siri grossman runs equipment and supply. siri: i really love it here. i feel like i live on a space station. i keep coming back. anthony: this is damn good. i like, after a hard day of dragging blocks of ice this is exactly what you need. man in brown cap: people who work outside, i mean, they ll burn 5, 6,000 calories a day. ntho: is there generally speaking people who work one and f