The Dark Side Of Antarctica

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[@enemy2583]

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[@dertythegrower]

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[@dertythegrower]

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[@FOnewmike]

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[@JavierRamirez-lx4ev]

We love ❤️ your videos I wish you could make more but, we understand why you don’t 😢

[@Cordovan]

"he was well liked and yet only 13 of 49 coworkers came forward" when you work in any field this niche and two of your "employers" are the NSF and freaking raytheon urge you not to come forward, then 13 out of 49 means they must've really loved the guy

[@nfraehlich]

I was thinking the same thing, I’d rather duck and cover. I also don’t blame the girlfriend for not coming forward and talking about it more; who would want to be harassed or speak publicly about your tragically deceased loved one? And if she wanted to keep working in the field she probably felt like she couldn’t demand an investigation.

[@sendmorerum8241]

@@nfraehlich What about his family? No relatives? If this happened in "back on civilized land", they would sue.

[@J_Dubb1]

Came to comment this, I will delete my comment since you have it laid out well here.

[@hahna77]

Considering the amount of cover-up and secretism in this particular line of work, it's no wonder only a few came forward or said anything at all. They were likely scared that the same could happen to them. Fear has a great way of silencing people.

[@thepunisher2988]

@@nfraehlich The wife/fiance isn't coming forward, because she most likely poisoned the guy. If I really love my spouse, and if my spouse were a victim of an unsolved murder I will NEVER get over the death. It has been said that people deal with a death of a loved one differently, but it is also human nature to be anxious to uncertainty. Whenever there is an unsolved death or death due to unclear/mysterious circumstances in the family, people generally carry that for the rest of their lives, and continue to express their anxiety one form or another. This is why people are generally able to eventually move on from deaths due to natural causes or accidents, but people have trouble moving on from deaths due to unclear circumstances. If the wife/fiance is able to move on, it is because she knows what happened and in her mind it has been 'solved' As to what makes her my number #1 suspect, here are my reasons: -She was the last person the victim was with when the victim started to complain his symptoms -She had spent the most time and had most contact with the victim. Out of all the crew members, she had the most knowledge on the victim's routine and habits, and with such knowledge she would have been able to work out how to get the victim to ingest the poison. For example, if the victim kept liquor bottles in in his room, the fiance would have had the best access to them to be able to contaminate them with methanol, and she would have been able to remove the evidence after the crime. Remember that methanol poisoning was only worked out after the toxicology was carried out when the body was transferred to NZ for autopsy. The fiance most likely had access to the victim's belongings including any liquor bottles the victim may have kept in his room. -Female murderers are more likely to use poisoning as a method of choice especially against a male victim since it allows them to avoid the risks of physical confrontation. -If the victim had some kind of a conflict with other members, it most likely would have been known to all the crew members. However, the victim's conflict with his wife/fiance may not have been well known to everyone else especially if both kept the matter to themselves. Unless the culprit confesses, I'd say the case will remain unsolved and we will never know. If I have to bet based on my reasoning of the available information, it will be the wife/fiance

[@Photek24]

"he attacked his coworker for spoiling the endings of books he was checking out from the library" i mean... can you really blame him?

[@ChuckYuuu]

Ah the ole Snape kills Dumbledore meme, classic

[@camsmeltzer9388]

I would just tear out the last two pages😂

[@abandonedaccount123]

@@camsmeltzer9388 i think something would be torn out if you if you tried that in antarctica

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Nope. Man got his shit rocked for being a dick. It's what he deserves.

[@WobblesandBean]

No jury would convict him.

[@Electron42]

Thanks for all the awesome content. Sincerely.

[@kevin_heslip]

I laughed so hard at the fact that the guy spoiling books forgave the guy who stabbed him. He knew he was in the wrong

[@scorch4299]

sounds like 2 boomers

[@notdancooper923]

"Fair enough man, I'd stab me too"

[@CantTellYou]

I hate to say it, but I laughed a little at the idea that stalking is so commonplace with those stationed down there. Like how does one “stalk” somebody when you’re trapped in a research station with a small number of people? Wouldn’t you bump into them all day every day?

[@McStruggles]

@@CantTellYou I assume it's like when you're not working you look out the bedroom window and see the same dude staring at you constantly. Like a person being places you are that they shouldn't be in.

[@kittenlord3572]

@@McStruggles Your description made me imagine a really terrifying picture, wow. Like genuinely, imagine there are just 2-3 people in proximity of tens of kilometers from you, and one of them gives off serious serial killer vibes. And it's not like their identity is secret - you know *exactly* who that person is, but you can't do anything about it.

[@doubtfulshadow6295]

My man's over here puking blood and going blind. The doctor goes "Ahh classic anxiety symptoms".

[@resolecca]

Ikr Im not a Dr but i dont think you have to be one to say that doesn't make sense

[@dackbowland1876]

Can confirm. Most people don’t know the difference between Covid kid anxiety and real anxiety that makes life not worth living.

[@dancincoolkid]

Seriously, as soon as I heard he was dizzy and his visions was blurring and he was having trouble breathing, I immediately thought poisoning of some sort. How the hell did the doctor think it was ANXIETY? 🙄

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@dackbowland1876 exactly!!!

[@sethiddings7293]

@@dackbowland1876 the kind of anxiety that makes you puke blood and go blind? Yeah that's uh pretty rough but im assuming pretty rare.

[@cuddles31]

Crazy to think that someone is out there, at this very moment, knowing exactly what happened.

[@leogama3422]

this kind of situation is much more common in the real world than you think

[@Adam-zr9qy]

Youll be surprised....they might of watched this

[@ArekusaSan]

I immediately raised an eyebrow when - upon hearing one of the symptoms was vomiting blood - the doctor chalked it up to anxiety. He seemed incredibly negligent in his treatment at every step for symptoms that indicated something was very wrong internally with that man. Also, I’m wondering if some of the cleaning supplies would be a lot more tolerable to ingest if you’re 1. already piss drunk, 2. in extreme withdrawal and need a fix. It wouldn’t be pleasant but I wouldn’t be surprised if that happened.

[@WobblesandBean]

Yeah, I'm very angry at the doctor, and even more so that the station itself REFUSED to cooperate with authorities on the mainland. I get the feeling that they don't exactly send the best and brightest medical staff to such a remote location.

[@LMB222]

If you're piss drunk, methanol is pretty safe as it won't get digested. Ethanol is the antidote to methanol.

[@IamAW]

Just like all other doctors and therapists. :)

[@J117-t2g]

@@IamAW lol gtfo

[@IamAW]

@@J117-t2g Oh, sorry for intruding on your ignorance.

[@tomsear1]

At the Australian base in the late 1940s the head official turned up to find everyone was talking to each other as if they were on a early 19th century country estate. Turned out the only 16mm entertainment they had left was a 1930s film of Pride & Prejudice. Consequently, everyone mimicked the Regency style language in ALL interactions.

[@manankhandelwal1182]

wow where can i read more about this

[@tomsear1]

@@manankhandelwal1182 yeah, I came across this story when I was preparing a paper for the American Association of Geography about the proposed fibre optic connection- I’ll go back locate the source a give ya a ping with it and what else I can find. Crazy huh

[@shards0fwords]

@@tomsear1I’m intruiged!

[@willdunn8846]

Sounds like the ultimate inside joke. You can just picture it starting as a few quips here and there and then the verbose language becoming a way of entertaining themselves while they work.

[@tomsear1]

@@willdunn8846 quite. & It operated at that level of granulation, it is said.

[@adamalexander4883]

I just got back from 5 months in Antarctica. It's definitely rough, And yes, people drink an astonishing amount. I drank a lot more than I normally do. Not enough to be problematic, but definitely more than I ever thought I would.

[@subjekt5577]

In general, isolation goes with drug abuse. It's a (maladaptive yet) natural way to pass the time. I wouldn't be surprised if the lack of responses to the questionnaire and lack of interviews from the fiancee were because they all knew they were doing shady shit like trying to homebrew and that the victim was a particularly indulgent participant in such. Combine what with the nsf and Raytheon being scared about liability and the shadiness makes a ton of contextual sense

[@nomadtv6009]

I was on ice australmsummer 98/99. Drinking is definetly the national sport. Probably a good thing as it helps blow off steam. And God bless the day bar!

[@nahtesalinas1917]

They need a Nintendo Wii.

[@TheBogdanator]

I am surprised you people have alcohool there. It's so expensive to transport stuff to Antarctica i am surprised they even send you so much to drink. It should be ilegal to drink in a place where you are expected to function and be aweare. It says a lot about what people actually do there: Nothing! Money out the window. Sending people in Antarctica and on the space station should stop. You guys do nothing there. Drink and pretend to work for " humanity "

[@hurstiwursti]

​@@subjekt5577they didn't have to homebrew, probably had excess of ethanol when they had methanol there aswell. Probably mislabeled or didn't label some bottles and that was that. Or some similiar accident. Maybe no protective equipment whilst working with large quantities of methanol or something like that. Many ways to have accidents. The organizations responsible then had to claim it was not accidental or criminal for liability reasons or something.

[@Omegan01]

Antarctica is creepy, man. Back in the 80s a big storm cut off contact between McMurdo and some of the smaller outposts, but when the storm lifted they couldn't raise one of them. A rescue mission flew out to discover the whole place had somehow caught fire and burned to the ground during the storm; they said it was like someone had set a bomb off. Even the controls for the outpost's helicopter had been smashed up with an axe. Never even found most of the bodies. Who knows what happened, isolation does crazy things to people.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

Not to mention all the Xenomorphs in that temple.

[@AdamAtlanta404]

And that wierd dog carcass in the basement

[@alanstevens1296]

Another victim of the Zygorthian Death Ray.

[@divinesleeper]

source?

[@CODsauceify]

@@AdamAtlanta404 came here looking for this type of comment. Was not disappointed!

[@Veefy]

I heard a guy who worked in Antarctica for the Australian research program give a talk about his time there. He recounted a story that a bunch of Russians scientist from another base did a friendly visit to their base. 3 hrs later their complete supply of alcohol at the recreational bar they had was completely drunk.

[@zvnavv3w5]

Yeah. This is probably the source of the methanol poisoning, if I had to guess - too many terribly distilled beverages. Methanol exists in smaller quantities in fermented alcohols which, if one distills into a spirit, can concentrate into a potentially hazardous drink if the distiller doesn't know what they are doing. I had a friend who once made an enriched apple wine with Champaign yeast that hit above 20% ABV. We distilled that down and found half of the volume of the evaporated product was in the category of "do not drink this". Needless to say, the apple wine, by itself, induced paralyzing hangovers after a single pint... but boy were those parties wild.

[@rova1989]

Never trust the russians!

[@McStruggles]

Ah they should've known better lmao

[@klin1klinom]

Funny they had supply of alcohol to begin with. I guess they were waiting for someone to stop by.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@klin1klinom Why? You assume the Australians needed company to justify drinking their alcohol?

[@offsidev6059]

I find it weird that fiancée is mentioned so little in this whole story. People close to the victim are usually the prime suspects, and for good reason. My first move in the investigation would be to check how big of a life insurance she collected for Rodney's death.

[@nancyrukavena6992]

Poisoning is typically a "chick's method" for whacking someone. Who knows? Maybe Rodney snored, or ate the last piece of chocolate.

[@antiwoke884]

She was getting pumped on the side for sure Once she realised no likes him and some other dude was up for her She offed him

[@vadhub]

​@@antiwoke884 great theory dude we should send you down there to crack the case

[@peterfitzpatrick7032]

​@@vadhub Its as good a theory as any other... 😏

[@nancyrukavena6992]

@@vadhub lt would remain unsolved.

[@calvinc7196]

I did some research into McMurdo station a while back and one thing I didn’t realize was how many people actually live down there. Something like over a thousand people at peak capacity. Lots of people from all walks of life doing work like research but also jobs like cooking, janitorial, construction/maintenance, and others. I guess I used to have some idea that a bunch of nerdy scientists all live down there but there’s really a giant mix of people. Given just the sheer number of people down there, you’re guaranteed to have fights and disputes between people, let alone the fact that a wide variety of personalities are there together.

[@WobblesandBean]

Things like SA should never be at such a high rate of occurrence. Usually men very rarely admit SA among women is a problem, so when 76% of women AND 50% of men admit it's a big issue, then you know it's a problem.

[@cherryvaleleatherock6900]

And those are only the population we KNOW about.

[@nikkjcrespo]

Had this topic on my mind actually, after just listening to Conan's podcast with a fan who went there a few times and planned on going back. She talked about how much sleeping around happened and generally was positive with her retelling, but it got me thinking how far off my idea of what its like really was. Her descriptor of "basically college dorming but with fully formed adults" stuck with me

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

@valcaron SA is "sexual assault" if you aren't joking.

[@CPiz321]

@@nikkjcrespo that podcast ep was exactly what i was thinking of this whole video

[@SakuraAsranArt]

The 1982 horror film 'The Thing's is set in Antarctica and it's not just a great example of body horror, the film is also a fairly accurate portrayal of the psychological effects of isolation and stress on group dynamics.

[@J0SHUAKANE]

You should watch the original from 1951.

[@margeebechyne8642]

@@J0SHUAKANE I was going to say the same thing.

[@BrancovdBoomen]

Same can be said for H.P. Lovecrafts "At the Mountains of Madness" from 1936

[@agent_ninety9]

Yes! One of the best movies ever.

[@RobotacularRoBob]

I like the part where Snake kills Ganondalf.

[@CynthiaCooper-f6k]

I just wanna say, thank you for mixing and mastering your audio properly. So many channels can't figure out how to get good levels, but your sound is always on point

[@wanidouse]

I wanted to note that in my uni I had a class where a bunch of the professors came out to be interviewed. One of the professors there was an incredible lady who had studied the subarctic bacterial carpets under the ice. She said that her on-site work was some of the hardest stuff she ever did because the professor who was running the expedition was extremely narcissistic, sexist, and abusive. I just can't imagine being in that position; you're in a group of extremely intelligent people in an environment so hostile you cant spend more then 6 hours outside, but the people you're forced to be with constantly kick you down for 6 months straight at least. Absolutely horrible.

[@murrijuana2842]

Just like being at school by the sounds of things.

[@ROOSTER333]

Smart people usually have no common sense

[@kenosabi]

Academia is full of self important sht heads sadly.

[@daoyang223]

@@murrijuana2842 same thing yeah. Public school in shitty areas. I grew up with Neo Nazis as an Asian. Weird. Awkward. Luckily it was during a time when there was a little bit of intolerance towards terrible behavior. Unfortunately that also meant they didnt care all too much. So i did get picked on and sometimes not even from other kids but teachers.

[@danielmorris7648]

@@daoyang223 no you didn't you liar you probably just got made fun of for being a loser there are no white supremacists

[@nubzz11]

Man I’ve never even considered the possibility of crimes taking place on Antarctica. Really love when things like this open your mind to different ways of looking at/thinking about things. Great video as always!

[@thewhitewolf58]

A freezing white place thats dark all the damn time. That is hell.

[@chrisparkhurst5158]

You could take the two most purest people in the world in isolation together, and given enough time together there's almost a 100% they'll want to hurt each other at some point

[@Argacyan]

I feel like crime in Antarctica is a lot like how fictional novels justify the idea of crime on space ships & remote bases

[@sambucas.4645]

Me either this is new to me

[@norkshit]

@@chrisparkhurst5158 give an immortal monkey a typewriter and it’ll eventually write the works of shakespeare, given it has infinite time to do so.

[@michaelanderson-l5u]

I'm watching this from McMurdo station Antarctica and I'm 7 months into a 12-month contract. I can't speak for other stations on the continent, but I will say that the darkness certainly affects people's mood.

[@anthonywiegert8980]

Tell everyone Mr. Anderson

[@RJ-666]

Have you seen any reptilians

[@monkeystrive7501]

So what really going on In Antartica?

[@michaelanderson-l5u]

Apply for a job here and find out yourself. Trades, equipment operators, firefighters, scientists, cooks, stewards. Some companies that offer contracts to work in Antarctica-Amentum, Leidos, GSC, NSF, NASA, Parsons and many more. Contracts typically last 4-8 months, but a much smaller portion of people winter over like I did. If you expect a flat earth and underground UFO bases you’ll be disappointed.

[@RJ-666]

@user-mp2ry9sn3m Have you seen the movie The Thing??? So no .... I wouldn't apply for a job in the antarctic 😅

[@ShannonMcDowell71]

This doesn't bode well for future human missions to Mars. If Antarctica's remoteness can potentially cause emotional and cognitive impairment, then I'm sure being on an entirely different barren planet could only magnify these issues. Thanks for sharing this video!

[@hoze1235]

Mars massacre

[@Tgspartnership]

Mmm 100%. I wouldn't wanna get homesick on mars.

[@doofmaczemy]

But the plan is to expand on Mars. The plan in Antarctica is to not expand at all. There is a huge difference.

[@FilmsNerf2]

@@doofmaczemy You're still going to have the same issues from being alone on a barren, alien planet with little to no communication with the world you once knew. Life on Mars isn't going to be like your space-colonizing-sim video game where everyone is happy to explore the unknown and no mental issues from being so isolated from Earth exist.

[@VeeZee777]

@@doofmaczemy I hope to see a costco on mars

[@themanwithsauce]

The thing about methanol poisoning is that the short term antidote is......ethanol. Chubbyemu did an episode on this where a man seemed to fall ill mysteriously a day ro two after a party. Turns out, it was due to improper alcohol distillation and he got methanol poisoning from his homemade shine and the treatment was to slowly feed him a weak ethanol solution for a few days until the methanol was all gone. It highlighted the dangers of not testing homemade alcohol which, thankfully, seemed to have been done here so it's good it wasn't a widespread issue... But, and this is pure unsubstantiated theory here, if he was known to binge any kind of alcohol, it wouldn't be hard to spike his own personal supply of booze with methanol. Again, I don't have any possible motive, reason, or details, or evidence - just conjecture and hearsay (which are 'kinds' of evidence!) but if he was given methanol spiked ethanol, the ethanol would mask the symptoms for hours, or even a day or two if he was nursing a hangover from the day or two before when he first started feeling ill. The ethanol leaves, the methanol is still there and poisons him, the doctor doesn't follow through with tests and just says "rub some dirt on it" and here we are.

[@Hjaelteomslag]

Swedish homeless alcoholics used to take a sip of methanol before visiting the local ER just to get ethanol treatment. I'm sure they still do, but I haven't heard of it in years.

[@retinapeg1846]

Yeah methanol poisoning is a strange one, I saw a case when I was shadowing Resus A&E consultant in the UK for a week, we hung pure ethanol as a drip for this guy running at a pretty fast rate. He was intubated and sedated too though, as the levels of alcohol would cause danger of losing his airway if not put under and on anti-emetics.

[@LMB222]

This is the official cure used by ambulance crews.

[@Slavolko]

@@Hjaelteomslag That's quite clever.

[@nouhorni3229]

Even seen this done with a kitten that sipped some cleaner. A little vodka per syringe without needle, straight in the mouth, in accordance with the vet. There, cat is now temporarily drunk instead of permanently blind/dead.

[@juliadagnall5816]

It’s tragic but I think it’s quite likely that Rodney Mark could have drunk the methanol by accident. I went to a workplace safety seminar and one of the things that they covered was to always keep chemicals in clearly marked containers and to never ever pour them into anything like a water bottle or a Gatorade bottle because it’s shockingly easy to pick up what you think is your drink and chug the contents before you can process what it is.

[@Azubrael]

Nah, his girlfriend did him in.

[@Brumsly]

@@AzubraelIt’s 1000% the gf, poisoning is very common among spousal murder when it’s female on male.

[@JosipMiller]

I remember a guy who drunk battery acid by mistake because they were in the same container. What is weird, that the same guy after few months swallowed the wasp which entered into beer bottle and wasp stung him into pharynx. We made to hospital in time.

[@tylergooden2183]

I remember I know one guy name Igor friend of mine. He drank fourteen litres vodka and he went outside in snow storm and fall down drunk. We find him next day frozen to Street. We have make some kind of tool to remove him from Street frozen. Is very funny because only it took him fourteen liters 😆 he very weak man. But him mine good friend Igor so we only remind him from time to time.

[@aidanmagill6769]

Yeah but he'd know he'd drank it, it would be unmistakable and he'd obviously associate that with the fact he was vomiting blood.

[@spencethegreat38]

If I ever find myself in Antarctica, I’ll be sure to not walk around openly spoiling book endings.

[@OlYables]

“Pretty crazy about Snape being the good guy all along!…what are you doing with that knife?”

[@J117-t2g]

That guy had it coming imo

[@MandyMeowington5]

In all fairness, you shouldn’t do that on any continent lol

[@dong6839]

Everybody hates Frank! He's "that guy"!

[@mrconfusion87]

As practical as avoiding singing "My Way" in a Filipino karaoke bar! 🤣🤣🤣

[@illuminahde]

People who spoil the end of books in Antarctica kinda get what they deserve.

[@pariah_carey]

Apparently, even the Guy who was almost killed understood this, which is why he dropped it, rather than pursuing Prosecution. A Wise Decision, to be sure. If I was on his Jury, I would’ve let his Attacker go free. 😂

[@northstar92]

never know what people are going through. friendly ribbing could be severing their last thread

[@BodywiseMustard]

Two wrong never make a right

[@frankmarano1118]

Yeah I thought the same thing. That's incredibly cruel to destroy a man's interest that's the last thing keeping him somewhat sane. It's why he must've not pressed charges

[@frankmarano1118]

@@BodywiseMustard This flew over your head completely. They said they deserved it, not that anyone should actually do it. Deserving something & doing something are 2 totally different things. Like I could deserve a cookie or something, doesn't mean I'm gonna get one. In fact I've developed food allergies not really fully diagnosed yet so I wouldn't risk a cookie even if I did deserve one lol

[@soulnvictus]

It's crazy listening to this as I'm deployed to McMurdo Station in Antarctica. I sleep to your videos and this one just hits different lmao

[@johncaccioppo1142]

I've wondered about this a lot over the years. Living in Alaska and being one of the most socially isolated people I know for a variety of reasons I took responsibility to study the phenomenon and really understand it. It's about what the mind does when we are lonely. Everything becomes dark and negative. Every interaction is a snub or a rejection, even when unintended by others. We become hypersensitive and desperate and strive constantly to hide our paranoia and discomfort. It is the strongest human instinct I have studied and it explains every kind of strange social dysfunction from cult indoctrination to fear of public speaking and political polarization. Because every issue feeds every other issue in the mind of the subject of chronic isolation or rejection dysphoria it's a hellish downward spiral. I found that studying these things helped me to fight back against my perceptions, to change my behavior in many ways and to be more sensitive to the needs of others. But when you are looking at a larger society that is having more and more issues like this due to economic disparities we really need to be looking at a better way to view our roles in society and upgrade our expectations from those who make the decisions that influence us to become more competitive, selfish and less focused on compassion.

[@loveya601]

Thank you

[@subjekt5577]

This is awesome. If you have sources to share I'd love to adopt them in my own circles

[@johncaccioppo1142]

@@subjekt5577 Look for studies in perceived social isolation. I borrowed the corpus of my ideas from the work of my online namesake, John Caccioppo. He wrote a book called "loneliness" that was a bestseller, quite an accomplishment for a topic nobody wants to think about! I did a lot of armchair psychology after reading his research, interpolating the ideas I described above, drawing relationships between isolation and aggression, experimenting with oxytocin and a lot of online and real-life experiments as well. It's something I think everyone should be consciously doing. We need to be taking responsibility for our own mental health and not leaving our problems in the hands of professionals that may never arrive or who fail to possess the ability to perform to the level we need.

[@jamezbrian4135]

damn man, great writing. I have spent the last few years alone (well a lot of my life on and off) and I can relate to what you wrote. I know I will spend the rest of my life unloved, unwanted and lonely.

[@bilalabdi9148]

@@jamezbrian4135 dont say that , ypu better than that

[@phillipwombacher9635]

I’m a travel nurse and I did a contract in northern Alaska I remember I got so depressed that I would just sleep barely eat and work I was making loads of money but the darkness literal and figurative of that place kinda consumes you

[@linminsu3443]

Where I live we sometimes get 12-14 hours of darkness around the solstice and that's already bad. I couldn't imagine any longer than that.

[@Qronous]

You make loads of money, but in Alaska everything’s marked up by 55%

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

That sounds like heaven to me. Just sleep all day, lose weight because I don't have an appetite, and go to work and make bank.

[@edoardopalmer2379]

@@VaporeonEnjoyer1 how can you work without eating and also while sleeping lol

[@youtubeuser206]

how much money were you making? 100k a year? 250k?

[@82gamerprincess31]

It’s like taking all the issues Alaska has (murder, alcohol abuse, SA, assault, going crazy, etc) and putting it even more in the middle of no where.

[@CabableClutcher]

“I have never come so close to killing anyone in my entire life” Obviously hasn’t worked retail before

[@ricochet2880]

😆

[@BuiltInBrooklyn]

Oh yeah 😆

[@lowwastehighmelanin]

Mood

[@elizabethflowers228]

TRUTH🍻

[@qwellen7521]

Or hospitality

[@Loki-]

I wonder if the same situation would occur on something like first people on Mars. If that ever happens.

[@mee7991]

Fun fact. NASA sends people to the arctic for training in isolated situations.

[@tinkerbelle6936]

Unfortunately, its likely to be inevitable.

[@Artofficial1986]

Humans are probably going to act like humans - no matter where they are.

[@iamdanyc93]

They will more than likely send prisoners first to build infrastructure. There going to die on Mars too

[@fastvincent1]

Among us

[@JPMediaProductions]

An new article from the AP (8/27/2023) talks about these issues. I’m surprised no mention of this channel as this guy’s research is quite spot on and raises awareness of this issue in the Antartica 6 months earlier of publication by the AP. Hope this channel keeps making more content!

[@PrezVeto]

Part of the reason the NSF and Raytheon stonewalled investigation was probably that they feared liability for the clear medical malpractice of that doctor they'd hired and their failure to maintain the blood analyzer that would've been part of the appropriate diagnostic process.

[@truthseeker2321]

Very good point.

[@hurstiwursti]

Also possible neglect of safety measures that lead to him being poisoned in the first place, like not wearing protective gear when handling methanol, or mislabeling alcohol bottels or even unlabeled bottels.

[@ZeranZeran]

in other words.. hiring someone with 0 testing to see if they could do the job, then hiding it. I hate my country's government, and the Chinese Government, and every other government on this earth. If there's a good one, I haven't heard of it.

[@milojadez]

Raytheon is known to participate in top secret activities going on in Antarctica, that is probably why they were hesitant to disclose who was working etc.

[@TheElusiveReality]

honestly i think the dr holds some responsibility for his death, because "anxiety" is not a rational diagnosis when the symptoms include vomiting blood, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, and tachycardia

[@Etanial]

I just wanna say, thank you for mixing and mastering your audio properly. So many channels can't figure out how to get good levels, but your sound is always on point 👌

[@TheBackoftheArchive]

Loneliness is sad, but isolation is terrifying.

[@istrumguitars]

I absolutely LOVE how this channel cites sources for their information. Can we alert every other “investigative” channel on KZbin that this is how it’s done?

[@michaelpacinus242]

I absolutely love camping

[@wiwysova]

No one cares.

[@beenis9842]

@@wiwysova maybe you dont care because your life is boring and you're desperate for cool stories that make the world seem more interesting

[@oboroth51]

No one cares

[@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe]

i love tricycles

[@michaelbergevin748]

When you mentioned the negative effects on the functions of the hippocampus I instantly realized these are things I have been struggling with. Thanks for the insight.

[@toziassmitt]

Doubtful

[@Arzon527]

​@@toziassmittNothing wrong with noting a personal habit or symptom that is similar to extreme cases like stuff in the antarctic isolation symptoms. Many people may suffer from chronic loneliness or isolation, even with people around them. A lack of genuine relationships can cause this.

[@beelzebubba00000]

@@Arzon527youtube commenters exist to oppose whatever opinion or statement u made

[@speez71]

​@@beelzebubba00000mostly to get the last word.

[@Arzon527]

@@speez71 true there

[@rvre]

I wish you made more videos. You always have such a calming voice and find interesting topics to share.

[@KarthikAyyalasomayajula]

Finally, someone is willing to call out the shadowy penguin legions

[@heliveruscalion9124]

pfp doesn't check out >.>

[@Ranixo286]

Smile and wave boys, smile and wave...

[@ewetoo]

we are legion we are everywhere we do not forgive

[@viper_f]

I just love how Barely Sociable dissappears for a few months and then makes an amazing come back with a perfect episode.

[@zeffery101]

wait until Moderately Sociable posts weekly and Extremely Sociable starts posting daily

[@JME1186]

@@zeffery101 this is the kind of commenting I appreciate. Cheers to you zeffery

[@Scorch428]

@@zeffery101 These kinds of videos require alot of time to make. Not sure if youve made one. But I made a 90 sec trailer once that took me 8 hours...

[@napasenseigaming]

@@Scorch428exactly editing even simple things that just require clips of a movie can take a long time videos like this obviously takes way longer than a movie trailer to be made the person who made the comment about the other channels becoming more active fails to realize how long editing can take especially if your one person

[@koontz1154]

​@@napasenseigamingI think you took a joke way too seriously my dude

[@accuser_of_the_brethren7816]

Had a chance to spend 6 months as a machinist in one of the Labs up there (they wouldn't disclose the name or exact location until further interviews/acceptance). It would have been with 5 other people made up of scientists, biologists and geologists who'd also be there for a 6 month term. They called it something, the 6 month "shift" at the station, but I can't recall what it was. You had to interview like 3 or 4 times before starting the physical side of the application and would eventually spend a trial period with your crew mates or "station crew" to see if you'd clash or be attracted to anyone etc like a full blown physical/emotional/mental evaluation and I was able to read through the opening statement regarding what my regular day would look like and the different rotating tasks and chores (they call the custodian for the time period the "House Mouse"). I didn't proceed any further than the opening statement pages (it was almost 12 pages just for the intro and mission statement/history of the Lab). I often wonder what it would have been like and how much they'd have paid me just for tinkering and maintaining simple machines). Oh yes btw, if you died they'd just put you outside in a shed until the shift change came 6 months later).

[@bilalabdi9148]

holly shit .... did u see any harrasment in there

[@dieyng]

@@bilalabdi9148 maybe actually read what is posted. They never went there. They had a chance to go, but what they heard and read about it made them back off.

[@leogama3422]

sounds like fun

[@alaskansummertime]

I live in Alaska and when I first got here 20 years ago I worked resort jobs. Same sort of dynamics but not nearly as bad as Antarctica. I met more than a few people who would work Alaska in the summer then go to Antarctica for their summer. They would bounce back and forth saving money. Its a really narrow sort of personality traits that allows people to do this. I saw most people go off the deep end working a fairly easy Alaska job. I can only imagine Antarctica. One guy told me about a fight over pizza. They actually got to where they would take bets over who would lose it first. They couldn't decide if pizza guy qualified. Biggest issue I had working up here is the MFers that can't comprehend personal space. AT ALL. I can only imagine the stress of being locked up with someone that doesn't have an off button.

[@theideaofevil]

Fellow Alaskan here! I spent a year consistently working out in the Bush as a contractor at remote facilities. Some up on the slope, but mostly out in villages off road system, being cooped up in man-camps when not spending 16 hours a day on the job site. And yeah there's definitely a certain set of character traits that you meet out there lol. Some of the guys I worked with had survived random axe attacks, plane crashes, hiding from the weather in abandoned mines. And they were the cool ones. I couldn't imagine being stuck in Antarctica with uh, not so cool ones lol

[@larxfr-x4c]

This reminds me of being locked up. You can't get away from some of the younger guys that's wanna huff and puff their way thru the place Edit: I was the 100th like. Praise be to me

[@alaskansummertime]

@@larxfr-x4c In a way its worse than being locked up as when you are locked up you can at least maybe punch a mofo or at the very least vent at them. When you are employed in this sort of stuff you have to be nice to people you hate and that shit will eat you from the inside out. I was locked up once when I was young and stupid. I never think about it now. But I still have flashbacks from some of the idiots I worked with in Denali Park.

[@larxfr-x4c]

@@alaskansummertime that makes sense. I appreciate you responding in kind without treating me like I'm an idiot like many do here

[@johncaccioppo1142]

I've wondered about this a lot over the years. Living in Alaska and being one of the most socially isolated people I know for a variety of reasons I took responsibility to study the phenomenon and really understand it. It's about what the mind does when we are lonely. Everything becomes dark and negative. Every interaction is a snub or a rejection, even when unintended by others. We become hypersensitive and desperate and strive constantly to hide our paranoia and discomfort. It is the strongest human instinct I have studied and it explains every kind of strange social dysfunction from cult indoctrination to fear of public speaking and political polarization. Because every issue feeds every other issue in the mind of the subject of chronic isolation or rejection dysphoria it's a hellish downward spiral. I found that studying these things helped me to fight back against my perceptions, to change my behavior in many ways and to be more sensitive to the needs of others. But when you are looking at a larger society that is having more and more issues like this due to economic disparities we really need to be looking at a better way to view our roles in society and upgrade our expectations from those who make the decisions that influence us to become more competitive, selfish and less focused on compassion.

[@Calmerthanyouare17]

Missing you!!! Hope things are improving.

[@janina8559]

I was stationed at Minot AFB in ND. The highest amount of suicide happens at that base. As well as practically every other person becoming an alcoholic. Also when out at a site for 3 days those alcoholics would drink any kind of cleaning products with alcohol in them. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@lexvelarey7316]

Source: trust me bro

[@markus1642]

@@lexvelarey7316 Have some trust issues maybe? Did daddy hurt you when you was little?

[@modestgrower2017]

@thecityissleeping agreed but if you find yourself in North Dakota, Minot is one of the better cities. I can't speak for the base itself though

[@lizc6393]

I knew a priest that went to be an USAF chaplain and was stationed there... He was already a miserable human and closeted gay so I always wonder what became of him.

[@johnscanlon2598]

Suicide has been a big problem at military bases in Alaska

[@Luipaard005]

As always, criminality in Antarctica is not dealt with in a sensible way. The power structure (in this case the government agencies involved) protect themselves and covers up these crimes. Not even sure why they bother considering they all do it so there's no humiliation to be had.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

It's the libertarian way.

[@GeneseeBen]

​@@Edax_Royeaux ah yes the classic governmental authoritarian libertarianism...

[@MaryamMaqdisi]

@@GeneseeBen lack of government regulation tends to allow big corporations (which tend to have authoritarian power structures) to take over and run what are essentially private parallel governments, I’m not fond of huge regulation but some may be required to give better opportunities to smaller businesses and protect the liberties of consumers. That said I appreciate the irony in your comment, what the other person said did sound funny imo

[@victorkreig6089]

This would all be fixed if the US government were just given full legal control of the arctic The fact that there are 53 government laws contending with each other is ridiculous and exists to pretty much cover up everyone's asses so they can get away with stuff they wouldn't in their own countries.....at least on a consistent basis

[@than217]

11:03 "Is there something about working in Antarctica that makes this more of a problem?" Dennis Reynolds: "Because of The Implication."

[@aeixo2533]

Guy: *Throws up blood* Doctor: "It's just anxiety" Classic doctor.

[@frankmarano1118]

Hmm multiple needle marks can occur if the doctor was trying to hit a vein. He was probably dehydrated which would make his veins harder to hit. But this depends on if haldol is given intramuscularly or IV'd. One time I was in the ER & they couldn't draw my blood for some reason. They had a machine to help look for veins & I had 2 doctors trying on each side of me digging around for veins. Needless to say my arms were black & blue for a while there but that's my point. If he was really aggressive & moving it could've been very hard to give drugs IV. Also that sedative was likely Attivan given by IV. So multiple needle marks isn't that strange. He likely was poisoned by the crew. They could've spread it out over a few drinks. This would explain the lack of surveys responding

[@gertrude137]

I’ve had similar issues with doctors not being able to find needles. One time, the nurse taking my blood was experienced in taking blood from addicts. Even my weak ass veins were easy to find for her! Best blood draw of my life

[@jameskari1786]

Except that many people can’t keep a secret.

[@thepunisher2988]

Haloperidol/Haldol can be administered IM or IV, but most likely it was administered IV for an immediate onset. By the way, early manifestations of methanol poisoning are nonspecific, which makes it difficult to diagnose especially when the patient is unaware that he had been poisoned and thus cannot provide an exposure history. In a hospital ER setting, the attending (or whoever is in charge) physician would order a bunch of blood tests to work out what is going on, and that should catch methanol poisoning even when the patient is unaware of what he was exposed to. If I were to speculate on what occurred, the doctor at the station likely never expected methanol poisoning to occur there, and he did what he could to treat the symptom. Either way, the high level of methanol in his system suggests that he was most likely murdered by intentional poisoning. We cannot be certain why some did not respond to the survey, but if there was a criminal conspiracy, I don't think it involved more than two people since, as @jameskari1786 put, it is hard for that many people to keep a secret indefinitely, and someone is bound to talk (out of guilt or inadvertently). My number #1 suspect would be the wife/fiance for the following reasons: -She was the last person the victim was with when the victim initially complained of his symptoms -She had spent the most time and had most contact with the victim. Out of all the crew members, she had the most knowledge on the victim's routine and habits, and with such knowledge she would have been able to work out how to get the victim to ingest the poison. For example, if the victim kept liquor bottles in in his room, the fiance would have had the best access to them to be able to contaminate them with methanol, and she would have been able to remove the evidence after the crime. Remember that methanol poisoning was only worked out after the toxicology was carried out when the body was transferred to NZ for autopsy. The fiance most likely had access to the victim's belongings including any liquor bottles the victim may have kept in his room. -Female murderers are more likely to use poisoning as a method of choice especially against a male victim since it allows them to avoid the risks of physical confrontation. -If the victim had some kind of a conflict with other members, it most likely would have been known to all the crew members. However, the victim's conflict with his wife/fiance may not have been well known to everyone else especially if both kept the matter to themselves. Unless the culprit confesses, I'd say the case will remain unsolved and we will never know. If I have to bet based on my reasoning of the available information, it will be the wife/fiance.

[@ConstantineIII]

21:35 - Honestly, that's an entierly appropriate case to push haldol, especially if the patient is becoming agressive and combative. I would be very surprised if that particular choice resulted in his cardiac arrest. Edit: And the "multiple needle marks" are almost 99% going to be multiple attempts to start an IV. I would be very surprised if anyone out in antartica had a lot of practice starting lines and they probably missed a few times before getting one in. IV is needed to push meds like epi to try and restart the heart which the trauma team would have done during his code.

[@madsfiedler3884]

i have the worst luck because all my veins are in my hands, if he was similar, it Definitely wouldnt help

[@detectivewiggles]

Even in regular cities it takes them multiple tries

[@dawnmoriarty9347]

I concur. When someone is violently out of control, you reach for the standard sedative, not query whether another drug would be most suitable

[@histguy101]

In the military, medics poke each other constantly to practice their IV lock skills, and they're always looking for other victims to poke in their units. Going to AA is simar to the military, perhaps with a little less discipline once you're out there

[@grapicusdrinktus]

Having worked an oil rig, most of the crimes being described is the kind of crap that happens in any environment where you mix a handful of eggheads with a primarily labor-intensive tradesmen group doing the heavy lifting (roughneck/sailor sorts). If the eggheads aren't of good character with respect for workers/aren't able to pull their own weight they're going to tick off the guys doing the heavy lifting leading to various crimes of varying degrees.

[@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir]

Yeah I know the situation, I'm currently working in Alaska,in the fishing industry... having to room with 5 other people, this one pot smoking A** , is getting on my nerves and been called to personell, ..... some people can be real reprobates.....

[@joshpiotrowski3487]

​@@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2irsounds like something's wrong with you and not the pot smoker

[@ethanwasme4307]

​@@joshpiotrowski3487shuddup and deal with your addiction

[@ZMCFERON]

​@@joshpiotrowski3487it's totally not a drug bro trust me

[@cfoster6804]

And usually the egg heads are cocky a holes.

[@PedroDiaz-ou7ov]

Great video! (as always) I participated in 2 Antarctic campaigns (2017, 2020). On both occasions I spent a full year at Base Marambio (Working as a telecommunications specialist). While I was there no incidents happened between the staff due to "bad relations". Some accidents happened, but of a work-related nature, nothing fatal. The weather is very harsh and can catch you off guard. A spirit of solidarity tends to predominate, since all of us who are there have a common goal: to return home having completed our tasks. When you return home you usually need a period of adaptation, since it is a long time away from home, away from your loved ones. Reintegration into society can be difficult for some, it didn't happen to me but I have seen it in friends and colleagues that I made there.

[@hoze1235]

A bit like prison

[@Drew.DrivesYT]

So how tightly regulated are photographs around the Geographic Pole?

[@jp5481]

@@Drew.DrivesYT why would photos be regulated?

[@WhoAmEye_WhoAreEwe]

@@jp5481 - a Flat Earther may have been asking(?) [my assumption....happy to be corrected] :)

[@parkerflorence5332]

8 months later and I miss your videos so much.

[@pablowentscobar]

Barely's new year resolution must have been to make more vids. Looks like he's off to a strong start, let's see how he's doing in November.

[@fortyfukinseven]

We probably won't be able to understand him at that point.

[@erikwoodbury8062]

He makes videos about every 4 months, we should be seeing one probably this month/early July. It’s a long time between videos but honestly I’d rather wait because his videos have such a beautiful structure, depth, and approach to examining a particular subject that no other KZbinr has because they produce a video like every week. I feel like his videos are more informative than most.

[@moonlightwolf]

I used to dream about working in Antarctica. Kinda glad those dreams are long gone now

[@larrylaidlaw1869]

Thanks!

[@kadhemchaabene318]

"... this is barely socia-" WHAT??? I WANT 30 MORE MINUTES OF THIS

[@YeetMan.]

Barely Sociable and Nexpo uploading within a day of each other is a blessing

[@r3l4x69]

Dark lonely winters are scary. Ive spent the last 5 winters alone in AK, with neighbors a good ways away. I'm definitely not the same person I was 5 years ago.

[@dalegaliniak607]

As far as the moonshine theory goes, as someone who's interested in the hobby, methanol is almost a given in every batch. A still doesn't "test negative". It's in almost all beer and wine, and distilling concentrates it. Since it boils at a lower temperature, it comes out first, so the first bit of any batch, called the heads, gets tossed. It also tastes really bad. So, if Rodney drank the heads of a batch, it's possible he got poisoned. The sad part is, if this is what happened, one of the best cures for methanol poisoning is ethanol, so if he kept drinking, he probably would have been fine.

[@LMB222]

Consumption of ethanol prevents the absorption of methanol, that's why you won't get blind immediately from moonshine - unless it's very bad. Source: a doc that works in an ambulance and has seen more than I could handle.

[@user-ru6mq5sc5n]

Intriguing

[@nicklibby3784]

As soon as I heard he was slowly going blind and knowing he was puking a lot, my mind immediately jumped to methanol (rubbing alcohol) poisoning. I've almost always known methanol can make you go blind and is poisonous, I used to watch that moonshiners show and was curious about the process. Also was curious as a kid why rubbing alcohol could kill you but normal alcohol people drink all the time, I thought what's the difference? Then looked it up. I know of nothing else that will make you go slowly blind like that while also puking. If I had to guess there is probably some rare virus out there or something that does that, or some other poison with the same symptoms, but as rare as they are I doubt they would be on Antarctica, so for that reason I immediately assumed right off the start he had consumed methanol. I was almost surprised I was right when the video confirmed it, and just seriously confused at how a doctor could miss such OBVIOUS symptoms. Methanol poisoning is more common than you think, I can't believe the Dr did not use his blood test thing and NEVER suspected methanol poisoning or at the very least ethanol poisoning (regular alcohol). On top of that the Dr gave him halidol which killed him. Rodney's blood pressure and heart must have been quite low from the methanol, and the Dr decided to give him halidol which would slow his nervous system down even more than it already was, which ultimately killed him. He claims it's because he was freaking out, maybe he was freaking out because he KNEW HE WAS DYING and nobody did anything about it after 3-4 times of going to the DR. At that point he was probably screaming for them to call outside help to come. I feel as if the Dr is tied to this case somehow. Possibly even his girlfriend or wife. Considering she never seemed to publically question anything or call for more investigation. I have almost no doubt he was murdered. Even if he was a alcoholic, every functional alcoholic knows you can not drink rubbing alcohol, it has all crossed their minds at some point and they looked it up. If he was really going through bad withdrawals and couldn't get anything he could've went to the Dr and got Valium, Drs prescribe Valium for alcohol withdrawal because both drugs are GABA Releasers and alcohol withdrawal is very dangerous and can lead to tremors, seizures and DEATH from lack of alcohol. GABA releasers like alcohol or Valium are the ONLY type of drug where the withdrawals from quitting cold turkey can KILL YOU. I feel like if Rodney was sick from withdrawal, people would've noticed, he wouldve went to the Dr before resorting to risking poisoning himself. Idk, I just highly doubt this was an accident.

[@scorch4299]

nah, not every alcoholic knows you cant drink rubbing alcohol. we're talking about a kid back in 2000. I was about his age then and I didnt know that. The Dr could be involved but without a motive, its not near as likely as accidental ingestion or injection

[@Maniafilia]

probably was the doctor, Rodney and the rest were to educated to dont know that rubbing alcohol can't be drink, any adult with that level of preparation can assume that u cant drink it. The doctor was incompetent and indifferent in a situation were u cant have extra backup nor help in any way. I dont think he needed a motive beyond been a killer and havin the total free to do so. Even more, we can even speculate that he could have other ppl in the known, maybe more ppl was involved. After all, Barely show us the evidence (that we really didnt need bc please look the world) that at the very first moment men (not women, but men) can live without repercutions the first thing they do is r*aping constantly. So a killing group? i woundt be surprise

[@jackmeeks2294]

I had to take AA once as part of an expungement program. One of the craziest experiences of my life. I was the last person that needed to be sitting in the room with these people, but it was court ordered. Long story short, these people talked about every way to take every kind of drug in the world. However what was most surprising, was the number of them that said they would start drinking rubbing alcohol on Sundays, or if they just didnt have enough money for alcohol. So after hearing those stories, and knowing the isolation they were in. I wonder if he wasnt just sipping it to get more fucked up?

[@wtice4632]

Methanol is not rubbing alcohol. Thats isopropyl

[@weiwu1442]

the investigation being blocked at every turn is extremely suspicious

[@samuelwalston9828]

So there is all sorts of SA going on in Antarctica and no one ever gets in trouble. Amazing that the problem persists! It’s almost like if people realize they can get away with a crime they keep doing it.

[@Zauchi]

probably why laws had to be invented

[@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir]

​@@ZauchiBut the law's are not being enforced !!

[@goodmorningsundaymorning4533]

Alot of politicians have been going there on and off.

[@leogama3422]

@@RomulanWarbirdDecloaking-sd2ir we need a police station in Antarctica

[@orderofazarath7609]

@@leogama3422 how about voting ppl who cant behave where it's most important to behave off the bases/ban them from polar missions

[@ChillFuel]

Man, the wait is always worth it

[@le9038]

Someone should make a psychological game based on this concept. The main basis is that you are one in a group of team in two research bases in the antarctic and over time based on one of the charatures, some will suffer some effects. some won't and someone will go crazy. probably a Belarusian man Who's has blond hair and a beard.

[@irenemax3574]

Yes, make a game!

[@eggbun]

Oh god its unironic Among Us

[@liselotteline8596]

Sounds like a Rimworld ice sheet challenge.

[@rowanlavellan9755]

​@@eggbun "Vlad seems kinda sussy to me..." "Don't talk about his sussy that's obscene"

[@jizzstain4458]

I do believe it's called "among us".

[@AK_-xn1fm]

This whole video just reminds me the real horror of the movie “the thing” the whole remoteness of Antarctica paired with an uneasy paranoia between the people at the station about the thing as well as manic episodes from real life events make it seem so much more terrifying.

[@techno56k]

I heard about this Norwegian and American research bases in 1982 everyone just suddenly disappeared. Officials said that the Norwegian base there was a giant circle in the snow. Man I hope you get to talk about that mystery sometime. I wonder what happened to them all a true mystery.

[@benrogers5058]

I heard Kurt Russell was there, and when he got back he decided to pretend to be other people.

[@703-f4u]

Yeah, the whole THING seems fishy🤔

[@navangelicfeathers]

Can you post where to find more info?I'm trying to search about this but Google search results don't turn up anything relevant.

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

@@benrogers5058 Don't forget Keith David.

[@rherydrevins]

@@navangelicfeathers It's a reference to the science-fiction horror movie "The Thing".

[@hamondorf9355]

My dad actually did research in Antarctica so I'm curious what he may have experienced first hand. I'm gonna have him watch the video and give me his thoughts. I'll update my comment once he does. So my dad was not aware of any of this crazy shit that went down at other stations. Especially with the guy who died of methanol poisoning, even though that happened not too long before he went on ice. He did attest to the mental strain, though for him jt wasn't as bad as he was there for only 6 weeks during the antarctic summer.

[@dimmacommunication]

In wich field ?

[@hamondorf9355]

@@dimmacommunication electrical engineering at McMurdo station.

[@zergtoss1]

@@hamondorf9355any update?

[@Ryroe]

*Antarctica. You're missing the first t and c of the word, every time you spelled it.

[@hamondorf9355]

@@Ryroe whoops that was embarrassing. Thanks for letting me know

[@Ares_0926]

Your film making skills are really showing through. Overall quality and visuals is near Pro-level and your voice over work is perfect as usual. Another great Barely Sociable video.

[@SpinoneJR]

Video starts at 1:30

[@Kingkmf]

Still waiting on part 2 of “The Music Industry’s Darkest Secret” I hope you weren’t “discouraged” from making it. That has the potential to be one of the most eye opening docs of the last 20 years if you truly expose what it seemed like you were going to expose.

[@madsfiedler3884]

there also could be the lack of accessibility to the evidence needed to make the quality of documentary he seems to prefer to put up. you cant give good work when your sources cant always be pinned down clearly. /gen i do agree though, id love to see the next part :O

[@user-ru6mq5sc5n]

Someone else mentioned this - He might have been " Shut up " if you know what I mean.

[@monado550]

Its been 7 months without news on any channel ;_;

[@CG-yq2xy]

I'm shocked that you never mentioned the events of the Norwegian Thule station and the mysterious events surrounding it's destruction. One moment, radio reports were coming in like everything was normal and the next day a significant portion of it is burned down with some of the people there seeming to have ended themselves. And even weirder than that was that similar events transpired in the US station nearby. It really goes to show you what isolation can do to the human mind and how complex things get in the Antarctic considering that none of the two governments really investigated the records or the psychological implications of the researchers involved in the event.

[@PhilOrth]

Nothing like seeing a barely sociable upload. Literally an immediate click, not matter what I’m doing.

[@tolep]

But you know, it is not TV. You can watch it later.

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

I’m a neuroscience student and have done work in multiple chemistry labs, and I must say, methanol is EXTREMELY accessible, and can be found in large quantities anywhere where chemistry work is undertaken or where delicate instruments are cleaned. In an intoxicated state, I think it would be very easy to mistake methanol for other substances.

[@coledodge7675]

I can see that but would it of been easy for him to of took that much of it without realizing he was drinking the wrong thing?

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

@@coledodge7675 If he was already drunk, it’s a possibility, owning to the fact that methanol and ethanol taste very similar

[@leogama3422]

@@coledodge7675 depends on the dilution. ex.: 90% ethanol and 10% methanol wouldn't taste that bad. and if he was already intoxicated, even less...

[@FunnyStripes]

​​​@@coledodge7675If someone's already blackout drunk? Most likely. Which is what may have happened. Dude took up the bottle, during a drunk moment chugged down the wrong bottle, and nobody want to speak of it to avoid making publicly known that the dude had issues with alcoholis, out of respect of him and to prevent soiling his pristine image. There is one story of some dudes trying to kill some old elderly dude to get his insurance money, they gave him methanol to drink, and he had no issues with it (and even *survived* it, somehow).

[@Vivinski7]

​@@FunnyStripes if 13 people came out to defend him and risk their career and say how good he was theres no way nobody out of the entirety of 49 people would stay silent if he was a heavy drinker. I also have hard time believing he would chug over 150!!! ml of methanol without straight up puking or dying before he could regain conciousness multiple times and get to the doctor, mentioned multiple needle marks also could be a sign he was injected multiple times with smaller doses. His fiancee was most likely resposnible for that since she refused to comment and worked with these chemicals all the time and also returned to work.

[@Eyeling]

Wow, I was just binging your videos again a few days ago because I liked your content so much that I wanted to rewatch it all. Glad there's a new video out already!

[@kristinaklampfer5458]

I wonder what's the difference between being stationed in Antarctica vs being crew on a space station? They are basically in same conditions ~ stuck together, can't go out freely, can't go home freely ect. But I've never heard of same level of assaults in space? Might be due to training as in the space station people are more substantially mentally evaluated and tested before..?

[@dongately2817]

Exactly- plus the majority of people sent to space are military, or have a military background. The closest to being in space would actually be duty onboard a nuclear submarine. Some of the same psychological factors are used to determine eligibility for both.

[@thescatologistcopromancer3936]

@@dongately2817 there's still a LOT of ignored assault in the military

[@DeAthWaGer]

Well, we definitely know of one astronaut that went psycho, but that wasn't until she was back on Terra firma... That being said, being stuck in a cold dark tuna can for months is crazy enough. Being required to workout in zero G for hours a day just to maintain muscle mass is crazy enough... Having to do monotonous tasks repeatedly daily for science experiments and research is crazy enough... Being LEGIT crazy on top of that? Powder keg.

[@don_5283]

The numbers of people present would be a big difference. The International Space Station has a crew of 7, while the McMurdo Station winter skeleton crew is more like 150. With a crew of 7, it's easier to be carefully selective about who you send, and how they're trained, and I would guess the environment feels as though there is more direct accountability, and less ability to get away with anything. 150 is a crowd in which some people might think they could blend. It's also a much larger number for statistical purposes. If there's a given percentage chance that a person will be likely to commit an assault, there may be a good chance that a group of 7 will contain no such people, while a group of 150 may contain multiple. And that's not even touching the idea that it's easier to prevent information from leaking out of smaller groups of people.

[@ronaldweasley6175]

one has gravity the other doesn’t

[@darkraru]

I miss you so much please make another video

[@mhc706]

Russia: bans chess after one fight America: dozens or more problems due to alcohol. Doesn’t ban it

[@leogama3422]

moonshine!

[@Charles-oo8bq]

Imagine Russians banning vodka

[@Marcey_omNovell]

Another strange one is that case, in the 80's, about the American research lab were everyone got killed. There was also a Norwegian research team that went missing. Apparently a dog survived and ran to the American research lab where, luckily, Kurt Russell was there. But the details are sketchy. Xoxo

[@nathanwright1582]

I love it, but when are we gonna get more?

[@jpgames4073]

as always, super quality and voiceover. antarctica feels so distant and with these stories, like a hell

[@wearesunrise]

I love your videos! Keep up the amazing work!

[@Rabbinicphilosophyforthewin]

*patient presents with clear symptoms of either exposure to a toxin or an internal injury *physician instructs patient to feel less stressed, administers Haldol That’s some good doctorin’ right there.

[@amberfaux2329]

The cases of aggression via close proximity and stress remind me of John B. Calhoun's Mouse Utopia experiments that tested for changes in behavior and survivability during overpopulation and a closed environment. I think it's a good lead to the increase of attacks at the bases.

[@tolep]

or today's urban life.

[@CharlotteForbes]

Thank you for another great video. As a physics/ astrophysics university student, I tried asking the Physics Forum about what had truly happened in the Rodney Marks case, and then I was promptly banned from the site for a "spam conspiracy" theory. Lol what a joke of a site. Anyway, always loved your channel and always will continue to love it. Edit: And I'm also EXTREMELY suspicious of intentionally botched investigations in the most secluded parts of the world that are ridden with some geopolitical issues. I'm willing to nearly bet that a lot has been covered up, and that certain people may have discovered things they should not have.

[@realmejeremy]

I remember one comment about Antarctica.. From another documentary.. Saying ppl were having the same dreams.. On a base that they were at.. Weird.. I have always thought about that. Never forgot

[@nestriction]

It's a good birthday when Barely Sociable uploads.

[@artemis2569]

You too??? My birthday is today 🥂

[@marcharrison9847]

Happy bday

[@ironfan998]

Happy birthday

[@ironfan998]

@@artemis2569 happy birthday

[@artemis2569]

@@ironfan998🙏

[@AngusRocker22]

This was an excellent video. The topic was unbelievably intriguing. Great job!

[@overstandself9954]

I love the intro {I laughed so much} You really advertised good there. Great channel too, just discovered your channel today

[@SafetyDJ]

I was just checking the channels a few days ago for an upload and seeing one on each this morning was a great way to start the day! Love the content and how much effort you put into you videos!

[@kierancowface]

The dark side of Antarctica is a pathway to many places some consider to be... unnatural.

[@hoze1235]

I don't like snow It's fluffy coarse and gets everywhere

[@rusi6219]

The ice wall around a flat, stationary earth

[@Mr.Stanley88]

Please post new videos. I am a huge fan of your channel. I've rewarched your videos just to listen . I even fall asleep to some of your longer videos.

[@jedgrahek1426]

What the hell is Raytheon doing in Antarctica that they have to be so secretive about, in the context of an accidental death investigation? It seems like if Raytheon wanted to murder one of their employees or someone else who knew something they shouldn't etc, they could do it with total impunity there.

[@electricalife]

Changing lightbulbs. Seriously. Mission support.

[@rusi6219]

They kill you when you find out the truth that the earth is flat and stationary

[@shanna2.2.2]

@@electricalifeno lie there…

[@p.h.ludwig367]

In the ending of the video there's a document saying he was a binge drinker that drank to mask his symptoms of Tourette. As someone who struggled with alcohol and depression in the past, I'd like to point out that you can't overlook the fact that a desperate alcoholic can go to extremes to mask the pain. It might be a poorly distilled drink, or even an act of desperation to stop the pain with methanol. In some low points in life we stop caring about the consequences, only in ways to make the pain go away. And I would say that isolation in Antarctica is a pretty strong candidate for that kind of desperation.

[@dawnmoriarty9347]

A pity that there wasn't screening to prevent him going there, certainly for a long stint. Those sound like major risk factors to me. The Tourettes alone would potentially be very aggravating to others and in turn increase his stressed attempts to control it

[@MaLuDramatic]

In a hundred years, new video idea "The Dark Side of Mars"

[@Goose____]

"Have a good night", *said barely sociable, after telling a random creepy death story that'll definitely never be solved*

[@miss.behaving]

I expected that buzz aldrins strange freak out during a trip here would have been included. He had to be medically evacuated & tweeted out that "it was pure evil" or something But then it was downplayed as exhaustion - tweet deleted.. Interesting

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

Oh the irony is that I am watching this while I am in a remote cabin in Alaska, alone, no one around for miles, its sub zero, and totally white outside with several feet of snow, and there are towering mountains all around me. Sweet. Honestly due to my ADHD I am never bored or lonely. I'm happy alone, and the doggo keeps me company 🙂

[@nepavadinta]

A video from Barely Sociable is a blessing, so soothing to watch and to listen

[@user-ni7ui7hs8c]

Great Channel bro! I’ve subscribed fast lots of good videos

[@bengittenett866]

Your voice sounds insanely familiar to someone I once knew and worked with. I realize people can have similar sounding voices, but it's truly uncanny how your voice has some very uniquely specific qualities, the combination of which, I would think, would be highly unlikely for someone else to have the very same combination of extremely unique, extremely specific, sound qualities to your voice. It'd be akin to a finger print. I enjoy watching your videos. You do a great job all around. Listening to your narration, I can't help but always picture my old coworker Derrick from Redding. If this is not you, it's insane how much your voice sounds exactly like his solely because of the very unique and very specific combinations of attributes you have in your voice that match his, seriously in every way. It's so spot on that I have to ask as I can find literally no distinguishable difference between Derricks voice and yours. I instantly recognized it as strangely familiar. If it is you, wow, I'm impressed and wanted to congratulate you on having such a dope, super fucking successful channel. I last saw you working at the WinCo pizza shop so this is fucking crazy cool you are successful with this content shit. I'm a legit fan of this channel and have been an actively watching subscriber for well over a year or 2 now. Like what a trip if it is you. If this is not Derrick from Redding, I sound crazy and my bad bro. Again, you have an insanely spot on sounding voice as a dude I used to work and kick it with and share specific similar interests with as well as taste in music. He was a smart dude and we got along really well. He was one of those very rare people in life you happen to meet that you instantly sync up with because they happen to be on your "level", if you know what I mean. Anyways, I had to ask. If not, sorry to bother you with this crazy shit and keep up the good work. Peace.

[@Witness03]

That seems a phenomenon the last few years. We are definitely in high strangeness in thesetimes and we don't need isolation in Antarctica to see it lol stay observant

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

I worked at a place for a very short time, I won't mention the name of the place. They used "temporary help" in their production department. This was a policy I did not care for, mainly because the company did it to save money, while the temps would come and go. They used the temporary workers to operate machinery with very little training, I was in maintenance so these employees were causing a lot of damage simply because they did not receive the proper training. I caught one guy punching a PLC screen, shattering the LCD screen and rendering it useless. This happened ALL the time. You would come in and the machine was pulled off the line and the screen needed to be replaced, it was time consuming because all of the software needed to be downloaded to it from the manufacturer so it depended on the availability of their IT guys. I finally said enough was enough and took some heavy gauge round bar and welded a cage around the PLC screens, they could get their fingers in to reach the touch screen but if they punched it they would draw back broken knuckles. They didn't like that. They complained that they couldn't reach the screen and my attitude was, tough! You stop punching them, and maybe we'll take them off. The next day a guy tried to run me over in a fork-lift and that was the end for me. Those guys could kill you and then just disappear. While I was packing my stuff one of the other guys came in and told me that it was good that I was leaving because he had heard them talking about me and how they were going to jump me in the parking lot to get me off their backs. You gotta be aware of just how many crazy people there are in the world. The worst are the guys with nothing to loose. They'll kill ya, if they don't like ya. This guy had someone that didn't like him, in a place where he couldn't put any space between himself, and the hater. That's got homicide written all over it.