More Christmas Festivities At The Bottom Of The World
I posted about the unofficial title fight held over Christmas at the South Pole. In that incident, two contract workers duked it out in a drunken brawl, resulting in one man being medivaced with a broken jaw. The "winner" of the fight ended up losing his job over that one. But it seems Christmas at the bottom of the world was even more festive than just that. The were other incidents as well, including a Santa-groper and drunken joyriding.
Complaints of "inappropriate touching" were made against a Santa who had posed for photographs on a decorated snowmobile at the U.S. McMurdo station, on the edge of the continent, a New Zealand newspaper reported on Wednesday.
That incident was followed by another in which a U.S. staff member, suspected of drunk driving, raced along an icy road in a four-wheel-drive vehicle chased by a fire engine before she was intercepted, said Christchurch-based The Press newspaper, without citing sources.
There would appear to be some sort of breakdown in the personnel selection process. Who knew Antarctica was such a lively place? (It does make one wonder what goes on down there that is not getting reported, doesn't it? Is it like Peyton Place with penguins?)
World news | Gaius Wednesday, 9 January , 2008
By feeblemind, Wednesday, 9 January , 2008 @ 8:51 am
Maybe they should introduce prohibition at the South Pole?
By martian, Wednesday, 9 January , 2008 @ 2:48 pm
What do you expect? They can’t get cable down there. What else do they have to do on their time off but party?