June 09, 2008 A YEAR'S supply of condoms - 16,488 of them - has been delivered to staff at McMurdo base in Antarctica
But McMurdo station manager Bill Henriksen told New Zealand newspaper The Press that they were not all for the 125 people who are spending winter months at the base.
The normal population was 1100, he said.
"There are some people that tend to get a little bit bored but, for the most part, people who come down here know how to occupy their time," he told the newspaper.
