What I Do In Antarctica - South Pole Edition!

[@stormwulf117]

So, how many personnel get devoured by the shape-changing alien every Winter?

[@GoneVenturing]

About 3-5 😉😜

[@chrisplatts3582]

Just stay as a group and eat only from tins

[@CognizantCheddar]

@@GoneVenturing Only 3-5? Pft. I knew Hollywood exaggerated.

[@frisco21]

Are the outside doors locked at night? I say this as someone whose entire knowledge of the South Pole is derived exclusively from watching _The Thing_ multiple times.

[@alpeggio]

That's a good question. I would guess not so there's no risk of someone getting locked out...

[@danielgregg2530]

Which version?

[@frisco21]

@@danielgregg2530 ...The original one, of course, by the great John Carpenter.

[@danielgregg2530]

@@frisco21 Snorts!

[@danielgregg2530]

@@frisco21 Snorts again!

[@LifeExotics]

Epic video man. Feels like I came to visit the station.

[@GoneVenturing]

Thank you so much!! I’m really glad you enjoyed it!

[@jcolumbiap]

The best part of being down there, is the almost absolute isolation! Loved it!

[@GoneVenturing]

Yeah! It’s definitely a crazy unique experience! I’m excited to see some new people again though 😜

[@glencsiro]

Hey man wonderful video, I was in a similar position at Davis station for a couple of years, I visited McMurdo when they evacuated us out of Davis after the Aurora Australis went up on rocks at Mawson station in 2015, wonderful hospitality and we had a ball, hope our Aussie flag is still up in the bar near the dart board.

[@Tsamokie]

05:00 "ERT team" That's just like a CRT tube. Great vid. I am always interested in what life is like for those who "over-winter".

[@snarfsnarfff]

This channel deserves more subs.

[@ThiagoPrimo]

Nice to see different jobs and how teamwork is important during winter down there. Looking forward to hopefully get an opportunity to experience that.

[@GoneVenturing]

Yeah definitely! It’s interesting to see how things get split up! And thank you so much! And yeah, definitely! It’s a cool thing to be a part of 😊

[@elmariachi5133]

Thank you for all the insights! I actually think there should be an official channel showing people the internals and what happens at such places!

[@ChancellorMartok1147]

Great stuff, my dude. Makes me want to winter down there, no joke. Any new stuff coming up?

[@whitewalls4409]

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing!

[@zohebkhan8515]

Excellent video editing and background beats man. Keep it up! Fantastic content. Awesome collage of photos in the background as well

[@HeartlandTuber]

70 F below. Indoors. What a cool job. Also, I liked the coffee priority: 4:43. I am a half pot every morning coffee drinker. Good to know there is coffee at the South Pole.

[@JS-ob4oh]

With regard to inventory - why do you guys not use a portable bar code scanners linked to database server? A relative of mine works in a large retail outlet and only 2 people does the entire store's inventory which they do every 2-3 weeks. They just scan everything and the software tallies everything they scan and generates a report.

[@geoffreyrichardson8738]

Similar to my NAVY days

[@Rags2250]

Nice! I was there in summer over in 2003-04, crane operator. I had a lot of seat time and gave new station construction seat to a fellow needing more seat time. I took the science projects and other station hoisting needs which was a different shift from construction. And as I recall the tunnels, to include the old C130 crash plane in the fuselage. Yes, I and another guy from Wisconsin dug down to it, those areas were always at -60 which was crazy cold, and I'm born and raised from MN! Does the love shack still exist out a couple clicks as I recall? I was honored to get a call back from Raytheon Corp to go back the next summer over but did not except the invite as I was a father of high school age children and my attention was needed there. Although I would have so loved to go back down for another season again!

[@Tsamokie]

did not accept* the invite

[@MaxwellBenson80]

Badass! Thanks for sharing your experience with us all!!

[@WaysideRailography]

Enjoy your vids. Can't wait for more!

[@GoneVenturing]

Thank you so much!! That means a lot 😊

[@DeckardCain1986]

Excellent video man, i wish to visit the Antartica at least once in my life since i am attracted to it when i was a child. Definitely your channel deserves more subs. Subscribed to your channel and greetings from Peru.

[@tripstreksandtravels5492]

Thats awesome. If you could share a link to the website you applied to and approx wage. That would be super helpful

[@SewTexas]

You are lucky, I would love to spend a winter at the South Pole, what fun and interesting! How often do the planes arrive at South Pole?

[@teeanahera8949]

None in Winter, he talked about this.

[@franksullivan3623]

Thank you, you have a great job.

[@KingdaToro]

Do you know Raffaela Busse? She wintered over and wrote an amazing blog about the whole experience, I read the whole thing. Her main job was maintaining the Ice Cube servers, but she was also a fuelie like you.

[@GoneVenturing]

I met her briefly! She wintered either in ‘18 or ‘20, I can’t remember. But we crossed paths briefly on station!

[@roblee6246]

This is exactly what I did for a country club. Would love to do it out there.

[@NikiCanotas]

Well done. I can really see the planning. I enjoy these. What will we watch when you leave??

[@GoneVenturing]

Thank you so much!! I’m glad you noticed 😊 And hopefully you’ll still stick around!! I’ve got a lot of new adventures planned 😊

[@GoneVenturing]

Haha idk about that :P

[@javierramirez4722]

Now that You are there go and visit that ancient city found overthere by Chile explorers if You re allowed to

[@JohnnyJaySurvivor9]

Enjoy your videos! Very interesting!

[@grippen3273]

Im good at the data keeping ive been a wharehouse technician basicaly inventory control

[@ananthropomorphictalkinggo6641]

That thumbnail registered in my brain as some weird star wars creature before I really looked at it.

[@timbarbour7288]

But what is the function of the station? Why are they there in the first place? And what do you ship out in the spring?

[@mikef6307]

Really enjoying your vids.... Would winter over in McMurdo offer more of a social atmosphere than the Pole?

[@GoneVenturing]

Hey! I'm so sorry for the super late reply! But yeah, wintering at Pole definitely is more social! It's more like 150 people rather than 40-50. Also they have a lot more flights, so there are more new people coming in and out!

[@kingstonhannibal]

Great stuff thanks for the insight!!!

[@GoneVenturing]

Of course! Thank you so much!

[@memyselfandiuntildeath1911]

THOSE ARE 463L PALLETS! THEY LOCK ON THE ROLLERS INSIDE A C-5. C-17. C-130. And those side and top nets look nice. PORT DAWGS!

[@audriusnaujokas8784]

Hi, i like your videos. You are a cool guy. Please tell us do you receip any monei for your job? Į would work for free just to see winter (sumer) in south. What your sallary?

[@audriusnaujokas8784]

Sorry if my question iš rude. Būt we want to know if it is posuble.

[@GoneVenturing]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy them! I do get paid to work down here, but I don’t really feel like sharing that info openly. Though believe it or not, in a lot of cases you get paid less here doing the same job than you would in the “real world”. But the benefit here is that you don’t have to pay for anything like food or lodging while here!

[@jobplace5842]

ever notice how his voice is actually lower pitched when he is in like -70 vs 70 Fahrenheit?

[@GoneVenturing]

Hahaha really?! I’ve never noticed that. I’m gonna have to check it out 😂

[@robertaikema3241]

What boots are you wearing in this video for winter.

[@GoneVenturing]

They provided us with Baffins. Not exactly sure what model though!

[@Fido-vm9zi]

I feel one has to be pretty special in skill & character to be there.

[@harolddelacerna8152]

Hi! How to get a job in there? Nice epic video man.

[@yunassaxer7119]

I really like to work their!

[@dphotos007]

It takes a certain personality to work at the South Pole. I am too old now but this sounds interesting to me. Who runs the station and does he or she hand out your extra jobs. Has there been many medical emergencies. Like what happens if someone gets a kidney stone or something more serious during the winter?

[@wordsofcheresie936]

Look up "Jerri Nielsen" In Wikipedia. They really are cut off. Jerri was the station doctor and she developed breast cancer during the winter. The best they were able to do for her was to air drop chemotherapy drugs, but they couldn't evacuate her until the spring.

[@Milkpastasoup]

@@wordsofcheresie936 that's why you need back up doctors for the doctors and back up doctors for the backup doctors.

[@teeanahera8949]

@@wordsofcheresie936there is no Spring at the Sth Pole.

[@wordsofcheresie936]

@@teeanahera8949 ​ The south pole has six months of darkness and six months of light. The time of light is called summer and the time of darkness is called winter. As the sun rises, it is called spring.

[@tiegano]

Seriously though I need to know more about each one of those dogs.

[@GoneVenturing]

Girl, we all wanna know more about the dogs 🤣

[@mrg5680]

What are the rules regarding firearms on station?

[@teeanahera8949]

Each country is responsible for laws according to their laws back home as long as they’re within the Antarctic Treaty. Why the f*ck would you want guns on a base? That’s sheer madness.

[@writenamehere0000]

How to get a job there?

[@ChuckTillman]

I will be the Vehicle Maintenance Facility Supervisor for the winter season of 2025. Any advice for me?

[@EtzEchad]

How do they keep the fuel from gelling up?

[@Kchill1986]

Your editing skills are on par with Casey . Good job.

[@GoneVenturing]

Woah! Thank you so much!! That’s an absolutely massive compliment!! I really appreciate it! Thank you ☺️

[@grippen3273]

How did you get your job there?

[@lawrenceneuenii3564]

Are pets allowed at the South Pole research station or the other base where you came from of Antarctica?

[@catbeans3257]

I assume not. Imagine the extra waste a pet would create: pet hair, poop, destroyed items. They would also need a vet for this animal.

[@teeanahera8949]

No, the Antarctic Treaty states NO animals whatsoever can be taken to Antarctica.

[@rwsteiner53]

How much of the year are you there? Just winter or year around with vacation time elsewhere.

[@streetdreamz210]

No one ever talks about the pay 💰 and it’s never says on the job listings

[@Redaxerocker1]

Crazy question. Does anything live out there? Do you get mice?

[@teeanahera8949]

The only living things at the Sth Pole are microorganisms.

[@HarisAbdulRahman]

Hi Viktor! Great video as usual. The big storage area looks really huge! It is underground, below the beer can?

[@GoneVenturing]

Yeah it is pretty massive! And it is under the ice! I am realizing now I should have mentioned that. But it’s all good, you’ll see it in the full tour later 😊

[@HarisAbdulRahman]

Gone Venturing Looking forward to that!

[@GoneVenturing]

Awesome to hear! It’ll be a while though. I’ve only got two weeks left and I’m filming a lot of stuff to edit over the next couple months while I lie a bit low. Haha. So it’ll probably be in November 😊

[@HarisAbdulRahman]

Gone Venturing You leaving the pole in the next couple of weeks?

[@GoneVenturing]

Hopefully next week!! 🙌 But it's all weather dependent.

[@mufcofflclal7814]

The shot at 2:47 is perfect and framed wonderfully

[@harleytutor]

I have a couple of questions if you don’t mind. Why do the winter months have fewer people? Is it because no one wants a winter position? because resupply is virtually nonexistent in the winter and supplies would be harder to come by or just not last as long? Or the personnel just aren’t needed? My other question is what experience would one need to get a position at the South Pole or McMurdo? I have a couple years of experience with heavy equipment like single axle dump trucks, frontend loaders both fixed and articulated and various forklifts. I also have a year of experience in a receiving position. I’m also quick to pick things up. It doesn’t take long to train me. Would it be worth it for me to put in an application or do I need to gain more experience? I’m just asking because I would love to get the chance to work a winter over there.

[@GoneVenturing]

The main reason is because most of the science and construction happens during the summer. So the winter is more for keeping things running and whatnot. This is especially true at McMurdo. And that sounds like a great amount of experience. I could imagine you applying for Waste, Supply, or Heavy Equipment with those experiences!

[@harleytutor]

Alright, thank you for taking the time to reply. I’ll definitely keep applying.

[@teeanahera8949]

I think the answer you’re looking for is that in Winter it is dark 24 hours a day so there’s nothing going on outdoors, so fewer people are required.

[@GrimSpec]

I envy you every min of your work :) By the way can you bring pet (i.e. doggo)over there ?

[@teeanahera8949]

No pets whatsoever.

[@thehexedcoin1517]

Do you're guy's ears get cold? And how do you protect them from the cold/wind?

[@kunark70]

Thats quite interesting to see how the different responsibilities are handled during the winter. Or summer. I mean your winter. Lol

[@GoneVenturing]

Yeah for sure! And it’s different most winters just depending on who has what skills! It’s pretty cool 😊

[@Kai-ow9gi]

4:39 *Skynet* 👀

[@Outlaw910X2]

I'm trying to get there

[@GoneVenturing]

Do it!! Apply for a job 😊🙌

[@chrisplatts3582]

Just running from the missus or do u want peace to hit ur gaming collection ull miss the puss if ya dnt find 1 quick from wat ive heard

[@Hugo-tf5tf]

@@GoneVenturing where?

[@lucodeath]

Thumbnail I thought was a krogan, (mass effect)

[@AnnieStanniee]

What kind of training do you need to qualify for the job you have?

[@soreintou]

Looks like the “LO” hasn’t changed much and neither has upstairs in the heavy shop...

[@GoneVenturing]

Yeah for the most part. Though we changed a lot of smaller things this winter and made things more organized.

[@soreintou]

Just make sure my cardboard box filled with porn hasn’t moved next the air compressor upstairs in the heavy shop.

[@grippen3273]

No way! i just saw the other video now i see your working in the job that i want lol

[@tziirkq]

It has always been a dream of mine to live at the top or bottom of Earth, as full time as possible. It's just a dream, now, but I'll always imagine being there in the Winter, welding something or whatever. It looks like Heaven.

[@christomare5506]

Good day how do I get a job with you there

[@russoley8995]

Cant help but wonder how you got that job ?

[@teeanahera8949]

Ever heard of Google? You could assuage your wondering.

[@snarfsnarfff]

Do you guys need a building engineer?

[@murdomcdonald9670]

How do you get a job there?

[@hoot1141]

What is your pay like?

[@aleksandarmlazev4626]

And what is 891 - Skynet / DSCS ? :)

[@GoneVenturing]

891 is just a project code! So when stuff gets shipped in for that particular project, the package will have that code on it so it’s easy to sort. And SkyNet and DSCS themselves are two of the satellites that we use to get internet! 🙌

[@syckindahead]

neat

[@shortattentionspangarage1312]

Are you a 2018 Winterover at Pole and you're just uploading these videos to KZbin a year later or are you there now?

[@GoneVenturing]

I’m here now! I’m gonna be leaving next week though (as long as weather permits)!

[@shortattentionspangarage1312]

@@GoneVenturing Aww, bummer, looks like we won't cross paths (I'll be there on the 5th, weather permitting). Unless there's delays at McMurdo.

[@GoneVenturing]

When are you getting to McMurdo?? I'll be leaving here next week, but my Off Ice date isn't until the 28th! How long are you staying? Just the summer or a full year? What are you going to be working in? Hopefully we will cross paths though!

[@shortattentionspangarage1312]

@@GoneVenturing Facilities Engineer, full year. I leave for trauma training and team-building on 10/22, then my LAX to NZ flight is 10/31 with my predicted ice date at McMurdo of 11/4. This is my first deployment so I'm getting really excited. Safe travels home, and thanks for the videos. My family really liked seeing what it'll be like.

[@robertblack7352]

How's the cell coverage down there? Got 5G yet?

[@mikewallace4205]

he is way too happy

[@tiagodejss2968]

Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@sks762auto]

Why do you start your sentences with "So"?

[@chrisim3667]

i thought Stingray

[@cherrytie1060]

I knew Cris Pratt had other skills... but wow.

[@DataSmithy]

Hmmm, instead of House Mouse, how about House Elf?

[@CognizantCheddar]

The video thumbnail looks like a Krogan.

[@steveb1ish]

too bad it didn't have a pool....that was an over sight, makes you think.

[@diane7175]

❤️👍

[@HrhFish]

Hi ya. I have just got to ask you this for a bit of fun. I had a narcissist trying to convince me the Earth is flat. People who believe in a flat Earth place the Arctic at the centre and the Antarctic is the edge which is surrounded by walls of ice. If this was the case gravity would not work and you guys would be trying to hold on to stop floating off. What's your take on flat Earth philosophy? Could you take a photo of the edge? I can't seem to find any photographs of the edge online. I wonder why?.... 😆. For a laugh I am trying to organise a trip to the edge with a travel agent and organise the expedition through GoFundMe.

[@farrukhhussain8211]

Give me Job there. Evacuation drill. I am a Ghost buster.

[@GoneVenturing]

Haha I wish I could. I was just a mere worker 😜

[@JohnSmith-gb5vg]

Do you dream about… THE THING?

[@armyfreak1367]

What do you do bro 3 minutes in and i dont know crap but your at the south pole whack

[@TheRealMrRoboto]

I came here from Reddit....

[@GoneVenturing]

Nice! Where on reddit did this get linked??

[@kuzadupa185]

Whos in charge of checking everyones blood for alien parasites?

[@mrcombine4312]

Hope you dont find a ''Thing'' stuck in the ice ;)

[@HaroutBlack]

Jesus is the only way to healing, restoration and salvation to all souls. Please turn to him and he will change your life, depression into delight, soul heading from hell to heaven all because of what he did on the cross “Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” Romans 10:13

[@dongarrett6228]

A great way to get away from the ex wife......she'd never follow me there.....

[@steventhury8366]

Majority of comments here are fake. Okay, you organize and clean. Is that why you're there? No research? Something really weird about this.

[@GoneVenturing]

What do you mean they’re fake? I was a support contractor working to support science. In this role I was working as a fuels operator for the helicopter operations in the dry valleys! Tons of science and research happening there!

[@steventhury8366]

@@GoneVenturing I read a lot of comments. I know when they're planted artificially.

[@GoneVenturing]

@@steventhury8366 Okay then. Even if that were true, it doesn’t change what was in the video and what job was down there.

[@teeanahera8949]

@@steventhury8366buddy, you’re severely in need of counselling. Knowing when things “are planted artificially” is straight jacket material.

[@steventhury8366]

@@teeanahera8949 Learn to think independently by being in touch with your senses. Stop conforming to consensus where you're nothing but a mind numb sheeple.

[@SamPedroCactus]

Good video but there is no South Pole. No compass will ever point south.

[@teeanahera8949]

A geography lesson for you as you’ve never been to school. He is at the geographic South Pole or true south. From the Sth Pole compasses would point to the Earth’s magnetic South Pole which is about 3,000 kilometres away! 🙄

[@SamPedroCactus]

@@teeanahera8949 Don't need a lesson, I have done more years of school than most. No compass will ever point any direction but north.

[@7inrain]

@@SamPedroCactus _"I have done more years of school than most."_ Unfortunately it looks like you were only physically present but mentally absent.

[@SamPedroCactus]

@@7inrain Explain why I am wrong smart guy

[@7inrain]

@@SamPedroCactus Because if you paid any attention to the physics lessons in which magnetism was explained you would have known that magnetic fields always have a north pole and a south pole. There are no magnetic monopoles. So the magnetic needle in a compass has a south pole which will point to the Earth's magnetic north pole. And the north pole of the compass needle will point to the magnetic south pole of the Earth. This is something we learned in 6th grade. You obviously didn't, be it for being not able to understand these lessons or be it because you dropped out of school before. Besides I find it pretty funny that someone tells the video maker that Earth doesn't have a south pole under a video which is showing the south pole.

[@AppalachianCatholicPoet]

Are you guys hiring? I know a lot of unemployed Flat Earthers who don't think the South Pole even exists lol It could be doubly beneficial for them in that they could get an actual job outside of making shitty KZbin videos AND actually learning something about the globe

[@northernsurferboy]

any black people there

[@GoneVenturing]

There are some! Not during that winter. But it is definitely a largely white population.

[@1984potionlover]

Skynet. eh...and so it begins ;)