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Continent. the hub, supply and support center for everything we do here in antarctica. the pursuit of pure science. it ain t pretty. it looks like a mining camp, but look closely and you notice things like the total absence of liter, not a single cigarette butt. it s one of the most carefully regulated communities on the planet, and it is a community. a tightly knit, highly organized, very odd subculture of just under 1,000 people in summer and 150 in winter, all working towards the same thing in this most remote, barren, yet stunningly beautiful continent. work is seasonal in mcmurdo and it s the type of place that demands a special kind of individual. everyone is interdependent and comes to realize that very quickly. the scientists, known in local parlance as beakers, depend absolutely on a support community of specialists like the carps, or carpenters, heavy equipment operators, the fuelies, riggers, pilots, wasties, cooks. ....
anthony: oh, yeah. that ll do. thank you. woman: you re welcome. anthony: awesome. russell freeman is the executive chef at mcmurdo. russell: it s our year supply of food. anthony: year supply? russell: yup. anthony: how old is this [ bleep ] hot dog? russell: ideally you would want it from last year. anthony: you do a lot with a little. russell: yeah. soon after this vessel, leaves the population just starts going down hill. dale: now everyone s going to warm places, with green grass, all the things you don t see down here. anthony: children, puppies and salads. dale: exactly. and then we just scatter to the winds and regroup in august. anthony: oh yeah? at the end of the antarctic summer season, there is however a vibrant party culture. and where people work hard, they deserve to party hard. responsibly, of course, but they do go hard here. and whether it s the fuelies or the wasties or the riggers who ....
That ll do. thank you. woman: you re welcome. anthony: awesome. russell freeman is the executive chef at mcmurdo. russell: it s our year supply of food. anthony: year supply? russell: yup. anthony: how old is this [ muted ] hot dog? russell: ideally you would want it from last year. anthony: you do a lot with a little. russell: yeah. soon after this vessel leaves the population just starts going down hill. dale: now everyone s going to warm places, with green grass, all the things you don t see down here. anthony: children, puppies and salads. dale: exactly. and then we just scatter to the winds and regroup in august. anthony: oh yeah? at the end of the antarctic summer season there is, however, a vibrant party culture. and where people work hard, they deserve to party hard. responsibly, of course, but they do go hard here. and whether it s the fuelies or the wasties or the riggers who ....
In antarctica. the pursuit of pure science. it ain t pretty. it looks like a mining camp, but look closely and you notice things like the total absence of liter, not a single cigarette butt. it s one of the most carefully regulated communities on the planet, and it is a community. a tightly knit, highly organized, very odd subculture of just under 1,000 people in summer and 150 in winter, all working towards the same thing in this most remote, barren, yet stunningly beautiful continent. work is seasonal in mcmurdo and it s the type of place that demands a very special kind of individual. everyone is interdependent and comes to realize that very quickly. the scientists, known in local parlance as beakers, depend absolutely on a support community of specialists like the carps, or carpenters, heavy equipment operators, the fuelies, riggers, pilots, wasties, cooks. ....
Fuelies, riggers, pilots, wasties, cooks. like i said, it takes a special breed of hard-ass to not just make it down here, but like it. you got to be tough. doug: right now i love being in mcmurdo, because it s like being at a spa for scientists. anthony: doug macayeal is one of the world s preeminent glaciologists, who s been coming to antarctica since the 70s. the coffee house one of three watering holes on station. it s not much to look at, but offers a welcome respite from the cold. doug: one thing about this continent that s special is the vertical hierarchy. everybody respects up and down equally. the janitor really does have a sense that their action is right at the frontline. that doesn t happen as much elsewhere in the world of science. tangibly seeing a contribution. anthony: what brought you ....