Viranani, no, I personally have not been to Antarctica.
You will have heard of the six degrees of separation: between you and, say, the President of the Central African Republic there is a link of six people (you know one, that one knows another and so on to the CAR President). In Aotearoa-New Zealand it said there are two degrees, regularly only one and quite often direct personal encounters with shakers and movers. So it is about this story, and others, from the "ice".
So, it comes as no great surprise that I have worked with three scientists (even though science is not my vocation) who have done research on the "ice", or, in this case in an ice free area of Antarctica. In particular
Lake Vanda. This Wikipedia article mentions photography.
And, seeing this is not audio but video, you may wish to hold your hands to your eyes as you read further.
The original custom, according to my informants, was two fold:
1) all present had to bathe wearing Garden of Eden attire (if any could be found)
2) those not in the water could freely discuss the attributes of anything before them.
To start with all "ice" researchers were male. When female researchers went south there was initial consternation from the males: they were not intending to forgo their dip or change their other customs. I was told, much to the relief of all, the mixed crowd continued the original customs with vigour.
Viranani, it is safe to take your hands away from your eyes now.