RELATED: Dozens of Austrians reportedly received COVID-19 stimulus checks in mail from US governmentFrom the U.K.'s Rothera Research Station off the Antarctic peninsula that curls toward the tip of South America, field guide Rob Taylor described what it’s like in “our safe little bubble.”In pre-coronavirus days, long-term isolation, self-reliance and psychological strain were the norm for Antarctic teams while the rest of the world saw their life as fascinatingly extreme.How times have changed.Advertisement“In general, the freedoms afforded to us are more extensive than those in the U.K.