Brian Thorn wrote:
Tell that to the guys at the South Pole research station. Where's their
lifeboats?


Last I checked, dry-land facilities don't require lifeboats, no matter
how remote. Ships universally do.


There was a case several years back where a female member of a antarctic
research station's crew came down with a severe and fast-advancing type
of cancer, and they had a hell of a hard time landing a aircraft to
evacuate her in mid antarctic winter.

Pat