Found somewhere to send the trolls

[barrydidit]

Suits would still have a problem with the PM.

And filling in his holiday request form, I shouldn't wonder.

[MarillionFan]

Suits would still have a problem with the PM.

[AtW]

What if the systems freeze?

User error?

Should have turned on heating!

[greenlake]

[SimonMac]

I know just the person

[Dallas]

This crowd were in the media recently - drunk and fighting all the time apparently.

It's the stuff Armageddon films are made from

[LondonManc]

Can't they do this job remotely?

It's at the South Pole; how remote do you want????

[MicrosoftBob]

What if the systems freeze?

It would be snow joking matter

[Pogle]

What if the systems freeze?

Coat for sir?

[sal]

Can't they do this job remotely?

What if the systems freeze?

[NibblyPig]

Prolly pays 200 pounds a day

[AtW]

Job alert: Is this the toughest sysadmin role on Earth? And are you badass enough to do it?

Can't they do this job remotely?

[vetran]

Job alert: Is this the toughest sysadmin role on Earth? And are you badass enough to do it?

For some people, landing a job in IT means going to the ends of the Earth. In this case, quite literally.

Scientists in Antarctica hope to hire two tip-top techies to fill system administrator roles – one at the McMurdo research station and the other in a similar base at the South Pole.

You must be a US citizen (for security reasons) and hold a bachelor's degree to stand a chance. Other skills required include the ability to manage networks with Windows, OS X and Red Hat GNU/Linux systems as well as VMware virtual machine instances. Most of the work will involve setting up and supporting the IT infrastructure for various research projects taking place on the two bases.