71 Days Until Next Sunrise, 16,500 Prophylactics to the Rescue

From the “scientist are people too” department:

One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year’s supply of condoms… [that] would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them.

I imagine it’s still going to be uncomfortable the day after.