That's great info. I was lucky enough to do two tours at USA's Palmer Station, Antarctica on Anvers' Island back in the 70's. After my Winter over I came home to about $30,000 saved .... that was in 1978, a lot of money back then. I'm sure pay has gone way up by now. My two tours also allowed a lot of exploring in S. America after I cashed in my pricey full fare air ticket for cash and went over land.

Lots of Brits work in the middle east and some Americans too. One friend is doing some IT work in the UAE for a US company. He'll be there two years and will make about $200,000 a year!

Much better to go to the Antarctic as a trades person rather than a science person. As Tam mentions ... Scientist and their undergrads don't get paid squat.

I was the Field Party Coordinator at Palmer Station and ran a fleet of Zodiac boats and supported the scientists doing studies on various islands near the station. Studies included Bird and Penguin, Krill, Ice fish, Phyto- Plankton, insects, seals and Whales. Also worked on two movies and supported divers.
Great job.

Now days they have TWO guys doing this job (or so I've heard (Summer only), or so I've heard. Only problem, Raytheon hold the contract to run the US stations now under US govt.'s National Science Foundation. Raytheon make missiles and other very evil secret weapons, which should all be banished from this earth. Somehow with Raytheon in charge I just don't trust anything going on there now. I would bet much of the research is now weapons related.

My last year they were already doing secret Radar projects, Upper atmospherics laser tests, and a big VLF (Very Low Frequency) experiment used in Submarine tracking/detection. (now obsolete).
So even in 1979 they were dead set on destroying paradise
and had plenty of willing toadies .... who would do anything for money.

Patrick

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Patrick passed Dec 2018. RIP Patrick!