I had the chance to have a look at McMurdo but due to covid restrictions I wasnt able to suss out Scott Base this visit unfortunately.

​@@thommosaussieadventures2654I was at Scott a few weeks ago and will be going back later this month. Definitely alot tighter when it comes to living situations. We have 2,4,5 and 6 man rooms the 6 man rooms are a new addition for the contractors etc. Pretty tight living conditions but it is what it is! Casey looks really nice and chill much like Scott. Got the chance to go to McMurdo when the covid restrictions lifted at Scott and fuck they have a far different culture compared to Scott

Absolutely. I'm just researching this now as I believe this is the building originally constructed by my grandfather in 1983. I'm sure it's had a lot of maintenance work, and internal reconfiguration done since then, but I suspect the structure and shell are largely unchanged.

I would love to read your book oneday mate, best of luck with it!

@@thommosaussieadventures2654 ha ha thank you very much, it's a series of books and I'm on the second one, I could make you read it but it's in French xD Merry Christmas

book finish

We are certainly very lucky here!

Waste of tax payer dollars

@@jipangoo how so?

@VerryJerry90 only a Sith would ask that

@@jipangoo 🤦🏾

Yeah from what I can see things just seem to get bigger every season down here.

We have two - three fire teams that are on duty in shifts to ensure we always have an active fire team. These people still work their normal roles but have extra fire training and the correct fire fighting gear to ensure firefighting, search and rescue and fire containment happens safely.

How long ago was that?

Far out, that would have been a quiet winter! We are one of the biggest Casey Winters to happen here so far I think.

Health and safety? Mate this is their “home” aren’t you barefoot at your home? 😅😂🙄

No it’s not their home. It’s their work place. Clearly you don’t know this kind of work. I do.

They're Aussies mate 😆

@@__beer__ I’m an Aussie and I work on ships. So being an Aussie changes nothing. It was more tongue in cheek than serious. But all good 👍

@@TheManFromUNCLEIllya so was I mate

No Gaol in Aussie stations, if a serious crime was committed a person would be detained in a bedroom and if they were violent medical sedation would be administered, they would then be removed from station back to Australia as soon as possible and the Australian Federal Police would be waiting for them upon return.

@@thommosaussieadventures2654 Thanks. With ocean cruises I know what they do: Years ago on a cruise one of the passengers got into a fight and severely injured another. After that, I was suspicious of a room down the hall from mine, where there was always a cruise employee sitting on a chair outside. I finally asked him "is this where the prisoner is being kept." He said yes. They kept him locked in his room until the cruise was finished in San Diego.

We separate rubbish into certain bins, Burnable (food waste, paper and cardboard), RTA (return to Australia stuff like broken house hold goods, odds and ends that wouldn't be a biosecurity hazard to return), recycling (bottles, cans and plastics), plus scrap steel and waste oils from workshops etc are returned to Aus. We have an industrial incineration unit to burn the burnables, we put the scrap steel, recycling, RTA rubbish into containers and ship it back at Aus.

Hahaha I spent some time at McMurdo, Aussie stations are certainly nicer than the US, no shared rooms, good comms, vehicles can be used for recreational activities, we have a sauna and spa, we are doing well down here all things considered! 😄

Not to mention, the Aussies have a sports bar and cinema!

Because with only 35 people on station I was able to easily check with my colleagues that filming in the building would be okay with them during sensible hours of the day.