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Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica
Big Dead Place Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica
Author: Nicholas Johnson
What goes on in Antarctica? — Is it the pristine but harsh frontier where noble scientific missions are accomplished? Or an insane corporate bureaucracy where hundreds of workers are cooped together in hi-tech communes with all the soul of a suburban office park? — Welcome to Big Dead Place, a grunt's eye view of America's Antarctic Progra...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780922915996
ISBN-10: 0922915997
Publication Date: 4/2005
Pages: 276
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3.8 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Feral House
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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A true account of what life is like working at Antarctica. The pecking order of the workers, the scavenger birds, even how human waste is taken care of. It was a real eye-opener!!
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Large sized paperback. It's 90% about office politics and 10% about Antarctica.
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