“Besides acidulated water and gum myrrh, there are many other tasty foods that don’t contain Vitamin C, such as ice cream, candy, and beer, which provide an attractive culinary experience to accompany the entropic ruin of your scurvy-stricken flesh.”
The South Pole Morale Committee
“After all, we ruminated, if Safety Contests were rewarded with monthly $20 gift certificate rewards to the station store, could not weekly $20 cash rewards compete in this closed market of behavioral influence?”
“But to the horror of the Winterovers, their reputation is not one of rugged might on the world’s last frontier. The summer personnel and the populace of Australasia see only a sickly mob of deranged workers with translucent skin, shifty eyes, and a tendency for inappropriate giggles.”
