In 1961, the US Navy built a 2-lane bowling alley at McMurdo Station, the main American base in Antarctica. The blogger Sandwichgirl used to live there (she actually got married at McMurdo). One of her jobs there was that of pinsetter at the bowling alley. She describes the alley at length here.
This is an old fashioned pinsetting machine. It’s mechanically simpler to an automatic system. McMurdo prefers it because it’s less likely to require major maintenance and repair.
Sandwichgirl and her friend are working as pin monkeys while other people bowl. They are required to wear bright striped socks for safety purposes. Thanks to the socks, the bowlers can see the pin monkeys when they’re standing on the platform, resetting pins.
-via Messy Nessy Chic
There’s a Bowling Alley in Antarctica
