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Relatively healthy no it's a bit more than that, extreme temperature often takes adjustment. So there are today these health and safety checks done on personnel, now it's mental health. Or Igor goes postal. He did a few years ago over there. Killed his annoying colleague, for telling him the ending of the books he was reading. Yea wouldn't you. But, no. You need to be vetted on the treadmil with the electrodes today and answer all the psychological questions often having a background with degrees and bullshit, in the west.
Russia has similar opportunity everywhere in their nation, because it's in the Arctic and they are use to it. Not such a bad job getting away from it all for months, saving a wage. Reading, even studying something, while watching and monitoring the equipment. It doesn't take much more. Not a bad job. Except it's in Russian.
As I know, in Russia applying that job you need a good teeth, no cardiac issues, no chronic diseases, no diabetes and that's all. As for mental health, there are some check, but it is like driver license mental health check - you should not be diagnosed with mental issue earlier and short conversation with psichyatrist.
You are correct that Russia have a lot of such jobs - mining, weather stations, military bases and other stuff in distant Arctic. Moreover we have whole cities in places with climate like in Antarctica - Mirny, Norilsk, Yamburg, etc. Some people live in that cities constantly, but most are on 1/3/6 month shift contracts - f.e. 6 months work in Arctic, 3 months of vacations at home.
I also consider such job in Antarctica as an opportunity to escape that clown world for a while. When everything around finally make me totally fucking sick of it, may be I'll accept one of that job offers. :)
Yea I would if I had the opportunity. Although it's also important to have a good team. Don't want be out there with cannibals.
It's a good job. You're doing something important in its own way. As you say, a chance to escape it all, save, study, and be somewhere you haven't seen. Imagine that sky.