• Front cover of "Big Dead Place" by Nicholas Johnson, showing sofas on Antarctic ice under a clear blue sky
  • Chapter opening of "Little America" in "Big Dead Place" with ironic quotes from Raytheon memos and winter psych evaluations
  • Excerpt from "Big Dead Place" describing absurd workplace culture at McMurdo Station, including the Diamond Z Tub Grinder
  • Full-color photo spread from "Big Dead Place" showing aerial and ground views of McMurdo Station in Antarctica
  • Opening page of Chapter Seven in "Big Dead Place", with dramatic quotes about Antarctic rescue operations and perception
  • Page from "Big Dead Place" featuring quotes from the NSF and H.P. Lovecraft, highlighting surreal honors in Antarctic service
  • Appendix section of "Big Dead Place" narrating bizarre online courtship stories between Antarctic workers and Russian women
  • Back cover of "Big Dead Place" with synopsis and biography of author Nicholas Johnson, published by Feral House
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Big Dead Place

Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica – Nicholas Johnson

Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica
Nicholas Johnson
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A brutally honest, darkly hilarious insider's account of life in the American Antarctic Program — where dysfunction, corporate absurdity, and cold insanity collide.

Soft, 15.5 x 23.0 cm, 0.42 kg , 276 pages
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About the Book

Big Dead Place by Nicholas Johnson offers a rare and irreverent view into the bizarre world of Antarctica's modern-day workforce. Forget tales of noble exploration — this is Antarctica as experienced by a grunt: full of sterile bureaucracy, absurd regulations, and surreal everyday life at the U.S. science base McMurdo Station. With black humor and unfiltered honesty, Johnson chronicles everything from sex in the station chapel and psychological screenings to antifreeze boots and workplace ghosts. Including a foreword by polar explorer Eirik Sønneland, a glossary of Antarctic slang, and 16 pages of color photos, this cult classic subverts heroic polar myths with wit and sharp observation.

Soft, 15.5 x 23.0 cm, 0.42 kg, 276 pages, English
ISBN: 9780922915996

About the Author

Nicholas Johnson (1972–2012) was an American writer and contract worker who spent five summers and two winters in Antarctica. With a background ranging from cannery cleaner to taxi driver and office manager, he channeled his unique experiences into Big Dead Place, a brutally funny critique of life under the U.S. Antarctic Program. His website, BigDeadPlace.com, became a widely read resource documenting life on the ice from a worker’s perspective, marked by a sharp wit, honesty, and defiance of corporate nonsense.

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Feral House
Country of origin: USA
Website: https://feralhouse.com/

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