AI Assistant
Notifications
Clear all

Antarctica Job

16 Posts
13 Users
0 Reactions
958 Views
Patrick McGranaghan
(@patrick-mcgranaghan)
Posts: 86
Free
Topic starter
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

Saw this job posting for a survey job in Antarctica!

I'm not connected to this job in any way, just thought I'd share!


 
Posted : April 3, 2018 5:17 pm
jamesf1
(@jamesf1)
Posts: 403
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

"Knowledge of sea ice dynamics and properties is preferred"

?ÿ

I'm guessing that this is going to narrow things down?ÿ bit...


 
Posted : April 3, 2018 6:08 pm
MightyMoe
(@mightymoe)
Posts: 10680
Member P&R, Founder
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

Sounded great till they put crawling in the job description,,,,,,


 
Posted : April 3, 2018 9:03 pm
pwkirk05
(@pwkirk05)
Posts: 12
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

Crawling through snow and ice..?ÿ ?ÿ Just like?ÿLeonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant" after he was attacked by the bear.


 
Posted : April 4, 2018 1:48 am
stlsurveyor
(@stlsurveyor)
Posts: 2513
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

http://www.xyht.com/surveying/surveying-land-penguins/

?ÿ

I would be all over that if I didn't have to worry about my wife and our three little ones...

?ÿ

?ÿ


N10,000, E7,000, Z100.00
PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY

 
Posted : April 4, 2018 4:37 am

nate-the-surveyor
(@nate-the-surveyor)
Posts: 10538
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

Any Ticks down there?


 
Posted : April 4, 2018 7:24 am
Robert Locke
(@robert-locke)
Posts: 173
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 
Posted by: Nate The Surveyor

Any Ticks down there?

Sounds like there might be, "ant ar ticks" is what they call them.?ÿ ??ÿ ??ÿ


 
Posted : April 4, 2018 8:38 am
Robert Locke
(@robert-locke)
Posts: 173
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 
Posted by: Nate The Surveyor

Any Ticks down there?

Sounds like there might be, "ant ar ticks" is what they call them.?ÿ ??ÿ ??ÿ


 
Posted : April 4, 2018 8:39 am
squirl
(@squirl)
Posts: 1233
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 
Posted by: Nate The Surveyor

Any Ticks down there?

UP there ??ÿ


T. Nelson - SAM

 
Posted : April 4, 2018 9:17 am
jimmy-cleveland
(@jimmy-cleveland)
Posts: 2808
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

Never says what the salary range is. I'm too old for a position like that!


 
Posted : April 5, 2018 8:24 pm

scott-ellis
(@scott-ellis)
Posts: 1181
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

That's easy if the ice looks thin don't walk or drive over it.


 
Posted : April 6, 2018 8:03 am
spledeus
(@spledeus)
Posts: 2757
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

If you want to know more: [email protected]
He did a 2-3 month stint in early 2017 then a 6 month stint late 2017 to early 2018.?ÿ In his words: It's a great place to get away from everything.


 
Posted : April 13, 2018 6:06 am
john-putnam
(@john-putnam)
Posts: 2463
Member Founder, Sustainer
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

I started my survey career surveying ice fields above Juneau as a young glaciologist.?ÿ All because I was big enough to carry my gear along with a T2.?ÿ I'm might actually have to talk to the wife about this.?ÿ Could be fun winter work.


 
Posted : April 13, 2018 5:02 pm
john-putnam
(@john-putnam)
Posts: 2463
Member Founder, Sustainer
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

I started my survey career surveying ice fields above Juneau as a young glaciologist.?ÿ All because I was big enough to carry my gear along with a T2.?ÿ I'm might actually have to talk to the wife about this.?ÿ Could be fun winter work.


 
Posted : April 13, 2018 5:02 pm
john-putnam
(@john-putnam)
Posts: 2463
Member Founder, Sustainer
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

One of the two guys that taught me to survey on the ice, Charles Swithinbank, was the surveyor for 2 year Antarctic exploration in the late 40's.?ÿ He had a photo of him behind the instrument.?ÿ I just looked like a pile of furs.?ÿ At one point he had became the head of the Scott Polar Research and Dean of Glaciology at Cambridge.


 
Posted : April 13, 2018 5:13 pm

peter-ehlert
(@peter-ehlert)
Posts: 2958
Free
Translate ▼
English
Spanish
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Chinese
Japanese
Korean
Arabic
Hindi
Dutch
Polish
Turkish
Vietnamese
Thai
Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Czech
Hungarian
Romanian
Greek
Hebrew
Indonesian
Malay
Ukrainian
Bulgarian
Croatian
Slovak
Slovenian
Serbian
Lithuanian
Latvian
Estonian
 

"Knowledge of sea ice dynamics and properties is preferred."

ouch!


 
Posted : April 13, 2018 5:54 pm