Jun 11 2008
Uncoached Delivery: Antarctica Base Gets 16,500 Condoms Before Darkness
One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year’s supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday.
Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them.
Are there convenience stores readily available in hundreds of square mile drifts of ice? I was not aware of this. I would think you’d be trying to prevent your penis from freezing off before heading to the Arctic’s 7-11.
Well, at least we now know that 125 scientists will have to use up 16,500 pieces of frozen rubber.
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