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Ever wondered what it's like to travel through the Antarctic Ocean?

It's not exactly a pleasure cruise,

but that doesn't stop scientists who venture out on these rugged trips

from having a good time.

For Scientific American Science Quickly,

this is Rachel Feldman.

You're listening to Part 3 of our Friday Fascination mini-series

all about field research in Antarctica.

This week, award-winning journalist Sophia Mocino is giving us a behind-the-scenes look at life on an icebreaker.

From Secret Santa Gift Exchanges to Secret Initiation Rights,

these scientists find plenty of ways to cope with the isolation of spending months at sea.

Okay, come on in. We have the head. So head is a term used on ships to mean like your toilets. So we have a private bathroom in each cabin on this ship,

complete with a shower, toilet, and sink. That's Alexis Flowback, a postdoctoral researcher at

the University of Southern California who studies the role of iron and the ocean. On the

screws, she shares a cabin with three other female researchers.

They all met and became friends on board.

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