One of the heroes involved:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Otter
These planes are special things. If you want to go somewhere dangerous, or just weird, this is what you want carrying you.
Risky South Pole mission: retrieve sick scientists from research station
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#12I tried like 30 different mailinator e-mail address as a way of getting through to this article without giving my real e-mail address. Kudos to the Washington Post tech team!
I just put in an @washingtonpost.com address. If they start sending spam, no reason anyone else should have to deal with that.
Re: Risky South Pole mission: retrieve sick scientists from research station
#13I tried like 30 different mailinator e-mail address as a way of getting through to this article without giving my real e-mail address. Kudos to the Washington Post tech team!
I just put in an @washingtonpost.com address. If they start sending spam, no reason anyone else should have to deal with that.
Hm, that didn't work for me either!
A random gmail worked.
Re: Risky South Pole mission: retrieve sick scientists from research station
#14Amundsen-Scott Tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5lQ9DCXIbs
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#15I tried like 30 different mailinator e-mail address as a way of getting through to this article without giving my real e-mail address. Kudos to the Washington Post tech team!
Opened devtools, deleted a few elements, unchecked "overflow: hidden" on , read article.
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#16Am I the only one who got a laugh out of the caption, "The last sunset of the summer at the South Pole"?
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#17Free: http://www.smh.com.au/world/risky-south-pole-mission-retriev...
Ok, we changed to that from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2....
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#18This reminds me of Leonid Rogozov performing a self appendectomy in Antarctica in 1961. If I recall correctly there are requirements now that any doctor who winters over must have had theirs removed. More information, including photos - http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/appendix.html
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#19Seems like this article could have mentioned the self-appendectomy:
Re: Risky South Pole mission: retrieve sick scientists from research station
#20I would love to get the opportunity to overwinter at the Amundsen-Scott base. Being cut off is what makes it an attractive adventure in my eyes.
That does sound attractive and a good opportunity to reflect. Anyone here (or do you know any good stories) spent any long periods either in complete isolation, or in a small group like this far away from society? How was it?