If you would like to come here, there are 2 ways. That is way more expensive than most of us can afford, but it has to be comfortable than the sling seats in the Herc. They looked like cargo nets, nylon straps about 1 inch wide on 6 inch centers. The other way to come is to get a job here. There are about 1000 people here, and all sorts of people work here from firemen, pilots, cooks, scientists, and even garbage recyclers.
Garbage is big business here, as all waste is shipped away to the USA, and most of it is recycled.
I like penguins, but I have not seen any yet. The McMurdo sound, which is like a bay, is frozen and will not be thawed for a month or so. Possibly then I will see some. I have already seen some seals very far away on the ice. There are some birds here that look like seagulls.