Risky South Pole mission: retrieve sick scientists from research station

Post by goldenkey » Sat, Jun 18, 2016, 7:09 PM UTC

digi_owl wrote: post #47

goldenkey wrote: post #33

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I go from reading about that plane to that a Panamian president died in a crash of that plane, to Noriega's payments by the CIA to the US invasion of Panama: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Pa... At 3am when I should be sleeping. The internet is the invention of our lifetimes..its just amazing how just on the notion of sheer information - and education of us regular citizens, has totally bee…

And still there are likely numerous stories that are not on Wikipedia, because of their rule against "original research". Makes one wonder if there should be an attempt at setting up a wiki for personal stories and such, as i doubt blog services have any dedication to preservation.

Post by sokoloff » Tue, Jun 28, 2016, 7:16 AM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #50

evanb wrote: post #42

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They always have at least one doctor at the pole over the winter. They have two hospital beds, an operating table, and a relatively extensive pharmacy. If someone's coming home, it's because it's extremely serious.

...and that seems to happen every couple of years. Again, they're not prepared.