Shuffleboard At McMurdo: A visit to Antarctica

Maciej Cegłowski raised funds for a trip to Antarctica on Kickstarter, promising an essay about the adventure. As usual for Cegłowski, the results are excellent. Love his writing and sensibilities. 

To come to Antarctica, a place where human beings do not belong, you have to tell yourself lies. Basic courtesy says you should respect the lies other people tell themselves, too. We pretend to be a ship full of explorers instead of a floating rest home, and McMurdo pretends to be a scientific research station instead of a placeholder for Exxon-Mobil (or secret missile base).