I'm currently working in Antarctica for Raytheon Polar Services Company. I left the US for Antarctica in Oct 2008 and I'll be down here until Feb 2009. I live and work at McMurdo Station, which is the main US Antarctic research station and logistics hub for all US Antarctic activities. I work as a Computer Technician providing desktop support for the ~1000 residents of the station.

The whole idea of going to Antarctica started about two years ago when my sister told me about one of her friends who was working at McMurdo at the time. It seemed like a great idea, probably due to the heavy drinking that night. I kept thinking about it, and then I quasi-committed myself to going. It seemed so far off at the time, that it wasn't even real. Once I was accepted things became real. Now I was really going and I began to realize how insane the idea was. Awesome, but insane. Thousands of tourists pay over $10,000 for a few short days in the waters off the shores of Antarctica, while I get paid to work and live here for five months!