ANTARTICA

lpnstudentin2010, LPN · May 15, 2005

One day, soon, I would like nurse down in Antartica. On a research trip or something similar. The US army/navy/airforce won't accept me as I am not a US citizen. I have a New Zealand & EEC Passport. Any advice?

become a citizen

gwenith, BSN, RN · May 16, 2005

Australia has a research station. As a Kiwi you could very easily join our station - I am not too sure that they do have a nurse there though.

ckh23, BSN, RN · May 16, 2005

One day, soon, I would like nurse down in Antartica. On a research trip or something similar. The US army/navy/airforce won't accept me as I am not a US citizen. I have a New Zealand & EEC Passport. Any advice?

You should check with a recruiter, there are ways to get in even if you are not a citizen. I think as long as your a legal immigrant and have the proper paper work, there are ways to get in.

2ndCareerRN · May 16, 2005

the us army/navy/airforce won't accept me as i am not a us citizen

not quite true. there are many non us citizens serving in the us military. perhaps the requirement for nursing is to be a us citizen, but generally, it is not required for many us military positions.

in fact, many non-citizens join the us military as a fast track to citizenship. a green card holder only needs to serve for 3 years before applying for citizenship. if in during a time of active hostilities, and having fought for the us military, the 3 year requirement may also be waived (along with the green card requirement).

as an aside, joining the us military to get to antarctica is not a very good way to get there. there are very few actual military who live on the ice in the summer, even fewer get to winter over.

here is a site for the us scientific recruiter....sort of.

remember, the ongoing research on the ice is a multi-national effort. there will be more than one place to look for jobs. google is your friend!

http://www.denverhispanic.com/html/specialitems/mar05/polarjobs.htm

bob

palesarah · May 16, 2005

I I see that this thread originated in 1998; I wonder if the OP ever got to Antartica? It was something I looked into a few years ago (http://www.polar.org is a great place to start if anyone is curious)