The Minnesota native first went to the White Continent in 2007 to work as a janitor at McMurdo Base, one of the three US outposts there.
She was one of half-a-dozen people staffing the world’s southernmost post office, UK-administered Port Lockroy.
Counting penguins is one of the roles Port Lockroy staff have during their time in Antarctica.
Once you get the Antarctica bug, Long and Nelson say, it’s pretty hard to get rid of.
In a fast-paced globalized world where everyone is on their phones all the time, Antarctica offers a rare opportunity to live a different kind of life.
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