Not strictly related to the Antarctic Fire Department, but if you're interested in the remoteness aspect of it - you'll likely enjoy reading <a href="https://brr.fyi/" rel="nofollow">https://brr.fyi/</a> which is an account of living/working at the South Pole and has been featured on HN several times in the past.
Antarctica, simultaneously, seems like the hardest place in the world for fire to do it's thing (Everything is ice) and the worst place in the world to be a fire fighter (your hose is full of ice).
Reminded me of this excellent write-up of working and living in Antarctica by a travel writer. She went on to live there again after her first visit:<p><a href="https://wandereatwrite.com/how-i-got-paid-to-live-in-antarctica/" rel="nofollow">https://wandereatwrite.com/how-i-got-paid-to-live-in-antarct...</a>
Under "Required Qualifications" on the recruitment page it reads:<p>> "Valid state driver's license is required."<p>hmm. This led me down a Reddit rabbit hole with no perfect answer to the obvious question.
It's incredible to think of people living and working in such an unyielding environment, committed to both protecting life and safeguarding one of the last untouched ecosystems on Earth...
The simplicity of this site is so exciting to me.<p>I’m looking through the lens of nostalgia for the internet around 2000, but I often I wish we could return to this sort of world of lightweight and simple web design.