I've had a bizarre obsession with going to Antarctica for several years now.

It lingered on and off at the back of my mind all the while I was in college. At one point, it was fueled by a guy from the GT Sailing Club who was going to go there when he graduated to do menial labor. It had another flame up when I ran into someone at the animal shelter who had been there several times hunting for Mars meteorites. Lately, I've been fanatically reading Iceblog written by a gal that has an awesome job in Antarctica. Finally, this morning, Sarah and I perused the Raytheon's job listings for next field season in the Antarctic.

The job listings make me feel pretty useless. Though there are some interesting jobs (journalists, aircraft dispatchers, technical writers, lab technicians...), I don't qualify for any of them! You'd think with my engineering degree, common sense, pilot training, and some (not much, but some) wilderness experience, I could find something well suited to my talents and skills -- but no joy, so it seems. Of course, to live in Antarctica for a season (or two), I'd totally be willing to do menial labor or be a secretary or something equally random.

Anyway, I'm not moving to Antarctica anytime soon. Maybe in a few years from now, though... you never know...

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