I got this one LOCKED. Three months in Uganda doing social science surveys…that’s for starters. I’ve got a five month odyssey coming up. Uganda again, Sierra Leone, CAR, and Liberia.
me: 3 months industry internship focusing on R&D concerning microRNAs – 162 miles from home; husband: 3 months industry internship R&D at Yahoo! – 1832 miles from home. And we thought we had stay-at-home career paths!
I’m in the field right now on a month long field season in the Northwest Territories studying contaminents in a wetland. I’m quite missing my bed right now.
One month at sea doing marine geophysical fieldwork on a Chilean naval vessel with the worst cook who ever lived (your choice: shoe-leather meat and potatoes or potatoes and ground beef slop), a severe wine shortage and rationed fresh water.
Otherwise, shorter research cruises with longer prep time.
The word “cruise” always gives people the wrong idea altogether.
Easy… Every self-respecting geologist does this at times. Let me see, personally I’ve probably done it 5 or 6 times in the past 10 years (including 6 weeks camping in Greenland, twice 6 weeks travelling around in S. India, and an epic combination of field work and conferences in North America in which I took 13 planes, 3 busses and 2 trains, not counting some 3000 km by car on assorted roads, in the course of a month and slept in 20 different beds…)
I definitely spent a month 20+ miles outside of Parker, AZ (quite a good candidate for the middle of nowhere; don’t eat at the mexican restaurant) in a tent next to a saguaro and shaded by creosote. Very beautiful sunrises.
Agreed JF every geologist should qualify for this one. As for myself this year alone I’ve got 3 1/2 months in Greenland and 1 month coming up in California, Colorado and Arizona.
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I got this one LOCKED. Three months in Uganda doing social science surveys…that’s for starters. I’ve got a five month odyssey coming up. Uganda again, Sierra Leone, CAR, and Liberia.
I think every archaeologist has done this. I’ve earned this badge on three continents.
I’m with you, Brian. In a week’s time I’ll be headed to Jordan for two months.
me: 3 months industry internship focusing on R&D concerning microRNAs – 162 miles from home; husband: 3 months industry internship R&D at Yahoo! – 1832 miles from home. And we thought we had stay-at-home career paths!
I’m in the field right now on a month long field season in the Northwest Territories studying contaminents in a wetland. I’m quite missing my bed right now.
One month at sea doing marine geophysical fieldwork on a Chilean naval vessel with the worst cook who ever lived (your choice: shoe-leather meat and potatoes or potatoes and ground beef slop), a severe wine shortage and rationed fresh water.
Otherwise, shorter research cruises with longer prep time.
The word “cruise” always gives people the wrong idea altogether.
This is a regular pastime for all oceanographers
Easy… Every self-respecting geologist does this at times. Let me see, personally I’ve probably done it 5 or 6 times in the past 10 years (including 6 weeks camping in Greenland, twice 6 weeks travelling around in S. India, and an epic combination of field work and conferences in North America in which I took 13 planes, 3 busses and 2 trains, not counting some 3000 km by car on assorted roads, in the course of a month and slept in 20 different beds…)
I definitely spent a month 20+ miles outside of Parker, AZ (quite a good candidate for the middle of nowhere; don’t eat at the mexican restaurant) in a tent next to a saguaro and shaded by creosote. Very beautiful sunrises.
Agreed JF every geologist should qualify for this one. As for myself this year alone I’ve got 3 1/2 months in Greenland and 1 month coming up in California, Colorado and Arizona.
Three full-year (13-14 months) deployments to the South Pole for neutrino astronomy.