Isolation has long been known to cause erratic behavior. Anatarctic scientists frequently have problems making it through the long winter when they are locked in with no escape. Steele's beamjockeys are no different. The Return of Weird Frank relates the sort of dark humor and practical joke that seems like a good idea in these types of circumstances.

First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1991. Reprinted in Rude Astronauts.