theglobalguy

Hi TotallyToast...I wintered at Palmer in 2005, and we actually managed to medevac a person out who had appendicitis via air. The glacier in the backyard is just large enough for a twin otter to land, and we were lucky enough that the British had just opened Rothera for the year, so they had planes available. I wrote about it on my blog...sorry for the crappy images..they didn't survive a random wordpress upgrade at some point in the past.

http://theglobalguy.com/world-travels/antarctica/medevac

How much harder would it have been if you hadn't followed the US built compacted snow road on the Ross ice shelf?