After a Not In Our Name gathering in
October we were warned that anyone who organizes a protest
demonstration will be fired and anyone who attempts to organize a union
will be fired. The McMurdo Station Manager eventually told us that if
we do anything of the sort, we must not give any impression that the
National Science Foundation supported us in any way: No buildings,
vehicles, or infrastructure could be in any of our photos. When asked
about ECW, the extreme cold weather gear we are issued, he told us we
were not permitted to wear it in any photos we take. So we decided to
have this Naked Demonstration, entirely content free but conveying our
strong feelings about an undisclosed issue. It was pretty chilly that
day, and not just because of the weather.