[The Register] : Ultimate SysAdmin job?

[The_Unbeliever]

Scientists in Antarctica hope to hire two tip-top techies to fill system administrator roles – one at the McMurdo research station and the other in a similar base at the South Pole.

You must be a US citizen (for security reasons) and hold a bachelor's degree to stand a chance. Other skills required include the ability to manage networks with Windows, OS X and Red Hat GNU/Linux systems as well as VMware virtual machine instances. Most of the work will involve setting up and supporting the IT infrastructure for various research projects taking place on the two bases.

You should be able to lift 25 pounds, have good written and communication skills, be comfortable working in close quarters under extreme conditions (we think that one will be pretty important) – oh, and if you've got it, "experience in search and rescue, mountaineering, small boat operations, firefighting, or emergency medical response."

You know, basic sysadmin stuff.

The McMurdo gig will run from December 2015 to April 2016, which are the summer months in the Southern Hemisphere. The South Pole job runs from October to November of next year (and possibly longer). This isn't long-term work, though we can't imagine why you would want to hang around for more than a few months on the punishing landscape of Antarctica anyway.

Link : http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/1...l_dont_mind_cold_have_we_got_the_job_for_you/

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Who's up for it?

 

[MrGray]

This is a brilliant documentary about life on McMurdo sound - gives an excellent impression of what such a job would be like. Surprisingly, McMurdo is more like an average small town during the summer months than you would think:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2361700/

 

[grok]

I would have, but then I re-watched 30 days of night over the weekend

 

[Nefertiti]

haha... netflix has a documentary on Antarctica too. Its beautiful, but I dont know if I can deal with the cold.