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I passed up applying at Signal Mountain Lodge after finding out it's possible to apply for jobs in Antarctica! I was recently rejected by Raytheon Polar Services for a Sr. Computer Tech job at McMurdo Station in Antarctica for 2008-09. This was the only job posting I had any qualifications for (the rest were highly skilled trades or managers). Rather than accept working in a cubicle for another year, I'm wondering how to get a job wintering at the South Pole? I think maybe I'm not shooting high… Continue

I visited Yellowstone and Grand Tetons with friends at the end of May. The entire trip I was wondering how I could possibly work there, but in the back of my head was the dreaded thought that I've failed at getting any "cool jobs" that I've seen the young and tragically hip doing. During the trip I found something out there that appealed to me so much, that if I don't at least try to take this opportunity, I'll spend the rest of my life miserable and regretting it. I loved Signal Mountain Lodge… Continue