What Living in Antarctica Is Really Like | NOVA | PBS
People come to Antarctica for science, but many stay for the community, the adventure, and the strange magic of living at the edge of the world.
Originally published in 2020 on @pbsterra 🇦🇶
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@Mark8v29
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
Anyone who wants to know more, I highly recommend the book The Worst Journey in The World. Best non-fiction I've ever read.
Thanks for sharing.
@ilkoderez601
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
Encounters at the End of the World is one of my favorite documentaries. This was good but I wish it was longer…
@theworldaccordingtokirsch
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
Hillary Duff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Duff
@Chris.Davies
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
For the people who think a colony on the Moon, or Mars is possible.
If you think of the Moon as "Ultra-Antarctica", you still aren't even remotely close to how horrible and hard the moon will truly be.
@NoPlaceForTheDead
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
It's not difficult at all. You are pampered down there. The hardest part is getting there.
@rickys7883
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
Fantastic, thank you. Are the regulars there tired of watching The Thing (1982)?
@NoPlaceForTheDead
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
Cooks and galley workers are generally treated like crap.
@NoPlaceForTheDead
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
I've been there.
@HellOnWheel
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
2:38 How do they determine which side is West?
@atomiczombie22
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
Sad there's such a lack of diversity among the people there.
@IslandGirlKelly
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
What a wonderful experience for them. I always wrongly assumed that only scientists were living there.
@Vector_Ze
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
I had to look up Hillary Duff to see what she looks like.
@crimsonknight5575
May 28, 2026 at 8:59 am
There's no south pole.. c'mon stop these lies.