First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros ~ Up to this Pointe
The thing about Antarctica that surprises me most? The condoms. They’re absolutely everywhere.
I’ve been in Antarctica a total of eighty-three minutes, so I’m positive more exciting surprises will probably (hopefully) reveal themselves, but for now, the most intriguing thing about McMurdo, the Americal science station, is all the condoms.
They’re on all the tables, shelves, and bathroom sinks. Their abundance, combined with McMurdo’s abandoned mining-town/ski-lodge ambience, is giving the place a real frat-house-during-spring-break kind of feel instead of the for-the-betterment-of-the-world vibe the scientists might be aiming for.