France is bigger then I thought...

A few weeks ago a colleague and I talked about places we've worked at. I really thought I've been around a bit, but then he told me he worked in a geo-science lab in Antarctica for 16 months. Antarctica is rather big so I thought it couldn't have been that bad - until yesterday. Turned out he only worked "near" Antarctica, on an island that belongs to France. To understand what "near" means, check the pictures ;-) Am deeply impressed (and wonder how much allowance you receive for staying there).