A U.S. research base in Antarctica received a shipment of 16,500 condoms so that the researchers wouldn’t be embarrassed buying them. Isn’t nice that we can save them the embarrassment, huh?

“Since everybody knows everyone, it becomes a little bit uncomfortable,” Henriksen told the Southland Times newspaper.
About 125 scientists and staff are stationed at McMurdo base, the largest community in Antarctica, during the winter months when there is constant darkness.