Stupidly useful when I broke my phone in Antarctica and had to wait months for a replacement to arrive (it did, mere days before station close). Also a shout out to gnirehtet which is I think by the same devs? Reverse tether your phone for times when wifi and cell are both unavailable.
Many years ago, my Samsung S3's wifi chip broke. I had to resort to mobile data for everything. Luckily I was able to use gnirehtet to download apps/updates for some time until I was able to buy a new phone :)
I wintered for IceCube. Happy to answer any questions about careers. My background isn't in polar research and while I have a PhD in (unrelated) physics, it's not a requirement by any means. Lots of jobs down there just require specific skillsets (and there is plenty of IT work).
I think it would be super neat for 2 or 3 weeks. Maybe 2 months if you can go in the summer and spend time outside. In winter though? Oooooof no thanks!
I worked as a winterover, so I was paid to go. The cost of visiting the Pole is very high if you're there as a tourist (tens of thousands for a night). I believe some of the revenue does go towards science though, because the summer camps make use of e.g. the fuelling infrastructure for aircraft.
Cruises are also very expensive. Though they're quite popular with researchers because it's a side of the continent that you don't get to see if you're not working on the coast.
