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The author is 60 and works in Antarctica in a seasonal gig. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with May Lee, a 60-year-old seasonal worker in Antarctica and former marketing and communications manager at HP. She worked at the McMurdo Station in 2025 and plans to return this year. It has been edited for length and clarity. After a layoff from HP in 2025, I decided to try something completely new and take a job in Antarctica as a seasonal supply technician at — at 59. My job, like the majority of jobs at McMurdo Station, followed what are known as "town hours," which are from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. While the schedule is pretty regimented in Antarctica, there are tons of activities to do, and the community is close-knit. My day begins at 6:30 a.m. I'm a night owl and don't like getting up early. I'm so accustomed to Silicon Valley norms and practices, where your day is very free-flowing. Here, it's a very rigorous schedule with no leeway whatsoever. I usually wake up at 6:30, ready by 7, and then get to work for 7:30 on the dot. Sometimes, if I want a lie-in, I'll skip breakfast.

Marvel Studios’ release of Avengers: Endgame: Encore was a shrewd gambit for a few reasons: It put the studio’s most successful film back in conversation right after the juggernaut success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day; it tided die-hards over with new footage ahead of December’s Avengers: Doomsday; and, perhaps most importantly, it raked in an additional $138 million for the film, reinstating its position as the worldwide box office champion over James Cameron’s Avatar. Cameron, who certainly doesn’t spend his precious time fretting about such matters as lifetime financial grosses and being the best in the world at stuff, recently expressed his congratulations to Marvel for once again overtaking his 2009 sci-fi film. “You are one of the people,” the director wrote (per The Wrap) in a composite image from Avatar, with Iron Man at the center of a welcoming Na’vi tribe. “Congratulations to Marvel and the #1 Avengers: Endgame: Encore for bringing moviegoers to the cinemas! – Jim Cameron.”