…is that it might well resemble NSF’s U.S. Antarctic Program.
I just finished reading the book associated with the website, likewise named Big Dead Place. While it’s quite funny at times, at other times it’s disturbing to see from an insider’s perspective just how dysfunctional such a program can be, and how disconnected from its purported purpose it really is.
“…horny employees who grab rare private moments coupling on the altar in the Chapel of the Snows.”
Fascinating.