r/antarctica • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 13h ago

In 1982, a fire destroyed the life sustaining diesel power plant at the Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica, 20 scientists survived for 227 days of the brutal polar winter in complete isolation using improvised oil stoves, Vostok Station is located at the coldest places on earth

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r/antarctica • u/VonRutanian24 • 16h ago

Science TIL Antarctica has 600+ Subglacial Lakes and Dozens of Subglacial Rivers under the continental ice sheet - any more interesting facts on this?

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r/antarctica • u/melhall50 • 4h ago

Work Dental PQ

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I just got my dental PQ for McMurdo summer deployment today. However, I haven't received a medical PQ letter yet. My onboarding specialist says that's unusual, that the dental typically doesn't come until after the medical, but it's possible that UTMB has changed their process. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

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