Nevertheless, accustomed to scarcity, the weather station teams continue to conserve wherever possible. In fact, when visitors, observation groups or researchers drop in, often the first thing they do on arriving is turn on the lights and then forget to turn them off when leaving. Station staff get things back in order once such "guests" have departed.
但長年處在資源匱乏的情形下，駐守人員已養成節約能源的習慣，偏偏很多前來借住、考察或研究的人，進了房間順手就開大燈，離開時又不隨手關燈，工作人員也只能在客人走後扮起「管家」，一一善後。