Quote Originally Posted by CAMiller View Post
One of my first 'jobs' turned out to be the easiest I ever had. As a student, worked the shutdown weeks at BSC. I say 'worked' but I don't think I ever did any work. 14x12h shifts as a 'mate' to blokes who did nothing but drink tea, read the newspapers, go to the pub (Temple) and sleep.

After Uni, got a job working for The Antarctic Survey but literally got 'cold feet' and decided against it when I read horror stories of the cabin fever others suffered whilst working in such remote circumstances for 9+ months of the year.
Over the years, I?’ve been on the other side of these shutdowns trying to manage the mass influx of temporary labour…mission nigh on impossible.
So not wanting the unwary to get hurt or unintentionally causing damage to plant and equipment that could delay start up ( cause me greater headaches ) found it better to just leave them in the relatively safety of the temporary site huts.