Trapped Antarctic scientists beg for help after ‘assault and death threats’ from colleague

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RobotSquid_@reddit

This article does not include the most important information. This issue was apparently raised while the ship that brought them there, the SA Agulhas II, was still at the base. Nothing was done, and it has now left, leaving them trapped in this situation.

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NotACashew@reddit

Is this verified?

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No-Captain-1310@reddit

Average administrative resolution

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Maxwells_Demona@reddit

I've wintered over at McMurdo. It is currently fall transitioning toward winter in Antarctica, and depending on how far south they are in the Arctic circle, the last sunset is (literally) on the horizon sometime soon. Once the sun sets, most transport to and from a lot of stations ends, because it is too cold and too dangerous. Some airplane engines won't even start below certain temperatures, making flights out impossible at the extreme low latitudes.

People go real strange down there and it is not uncommon for some folks to have a psychotic break. At McMurdo I heard lots of stories about previous years' experiences.

One year, the last flight out was scheduled to depart and there was a guy desperate to get on that plane -- he changed his mind about thinking he could winter over and wanted out. But the plane couldn't accommodate any more transport weight and he seemed sound of mind so the station manager and doctor said, tough luck. So he assaulted a colleague with a hammer. Because he knew that would guarantee they'd find space on the plane to get him out. One of the station buildings was turned into an improvised prison cell to hold him til the flight could leave.

Another winter there was an actual mutinee at South Pole station in which the winter-over crew (usually only about 40 people) overthrew the station manager. I don't know a lot of details about this one but it was talked about a lot.

There's also a rumor on station that there is exactly one gun on station, hidden in a safe that only the station manager knows the code to. Specifically for purposes of maintaining order in the event of something like a person or people becoming violent and uncontrollable.

It's a strange place that makes people go very strange sometimes.

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arulzokay@reddit

any more stories??? this is fascinating.

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Onion-Fart@reddit

During Covid my twinky Egyptian roommate incurred the wrath of my beefy Kenyan roommate who tried to throw him out a window; so I’d imagine interpersonal dynamics out there completely isolated can get pretty crazy

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tatojah@reddit

Yep. That isolation can get pretty tiring. Some years ago I did a six-week voyage on an scientific vessel. By the 4th week, everyone was absolutely ready to get the hell out.

No single conflict broke out the entire voyage, and people didn't seem to have pet peeves or target individuals, but those two weeks felt really tense for no apparent reason. Confinement is bad for humans.

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CaptainCosmodrome@reddit

Stories like this make me wonder how we are going to survive long term space travel as a species.

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KrishnaChick@reddit

It's not going to happen. It's the biggest grift going.

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The360MlgNoscoper@reddit

If you are forced to spend an extended amount of time in a confined space with other people, you’ll either make new friends or new enemies.

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tatojah@reddit

Yep, the people aboard OceanGate absolutely cannibalized the shit out of each other.

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steppponme@reddit

I just got back from a 4 day conference with my organization. Only 4 x 12-hour days and I wanted to kill myself or someone else.

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NearABE@reddit

I get really tense talking to people at work while on a normal shift. A science expedition would be always at work.

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Miserable_Law_6514@reddit

Imagine a mandatory group therapy session with your co-workers. You also sleep in the same room as them. For 6-9 months. And everyone has loaded automatic rifles.

-A typical military deployment.

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ConsistentAddress195@reddit

You really have mandatory group therapy sessions?

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Miserable_Law_6514@reddit

At the end of a deployment yes. Both to socialize you back to normal routine, and to document and changes in your physical and mental states.

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YourphobiaMyfetish@reddit

Imagine a mandatory group ~therapy~ trauma session with your co-workers

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tatojah@reddit

You're not wrong, but in expeditions like that, the line blurs a lot. For one, you don't have much else to do. Either you're working or you're doing other crew work/chores.

If I recall correctly, it's a similar working regime at the Amundsen-Scott. It works well to keep you busy. And I don't think I was there long enough to get "over the hump". Those that were... Let's say their overall demeanor definitely seemed off at the beginning. But that may just be from spending too much time in ships, not necessarily the isolation itself.

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whateverMan223@reddit

hahahah that sentence lmaoooooo

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whateverMan223@reddit

"My Beefy Kenyan Roommate" , now on HoneyToons

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Jameschases@reddit

And “My twinky Egyptian roommate” really made me think this story was going in a different direction

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mofojr@reddit

I thought the first season (maybe second it’s been a while) of For All Mankind did a good job of showing it too. 3 people stuck in the moon for a long time?! Terrible for morale

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hacktheself@reddit

hi bob

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hughk@reddit

People working at remote places like Antarctica normally get a psych eval. The problem is that two people can be fine with the psychiatrist one on one but not at all when they are together.

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ryant71@reddit

I think the psychiatrist who did the psych evals was the same one who did Elon's.

"Totally fine, nothing to worry about, delusions of grandeur not at critical level, no problem, psychopathy within normal serial killer range, cleared for society, perfect for position of unaccountable authority."

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ScissorNightRam@reddit

It’s not the first time time:

1913 - “ For some weeks his comrades believed he was recovering but, in September of the same year, the radioman experienced a psychotic break and began transmitting a message, through Macquarie Island, to Australia, declaring himself to be the only sane man on the expedition. Jeffryes accused all of his comrades of having joined a criminal conspiracy to murder him.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Jeffryes

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ScissorNightRam@reddit

Also: Jeffryes went nuts towards the end of the already disastrous Mawson Expedition. Read up on that for an amazing story.

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zillionaire_@reddit

Excuse me what the fuck

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ScissorNightRam@reddit

At one point, Mertz, another member of the expedition, bit the tip of his pinkie finger off.

What happened next is not quite clear (everyone was exhausted and semi-delirious), but he then either accidentally coughed it up onto Mawson or intentionally spat it at him.

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ScissorNightRam@reddit

The extreme cold literally tore strips off Mawson's body. One day he felt his feet getting particularly lumpy and sore and, after a mile of trudging through the snow, he took off his boots. "The sight of my feet gave me quite a shock, for the thickened skin of the soles had separated in each case as a complete layer, and abundant watery fluid had escaped into the socks. The new skin underneath was very much abraded and raw."

He did what he thought best in the circumstances – smeared the raw skin with lanoline and re-attached his soles to his feet.“

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squidparkour@reddit

Excuse me what the fuck

There's not enough upvotes in the world to show my agreement with this response.

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ERhyne@reddit

Is this the inspiration for at the mountains of madness?

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ScissorNightRam@reddit

Not sure. Could be though. Then again, other than Amundsen, pretty much all the early Antarctic expeditions were disasters in some way. And compared to the tale of the rest of Mawson’s expedition, the story of Jeffryes is a footnote.

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PrincessBukowski@reddit

Thanks for sharing, something about falling down these historical rabbit holes makes me feel like a kid again.

His poignant plea from the dock was: "Let me go back and die, where I have hidden my trunk, in the silence of the ranges."

For anyone who is also interested in these stories, I really recommend the (fiction) series The Terror, it's on Netflix right now.

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ScissorNightRam@reddit

When they finally made it back to civilisation, Jeffryes promptly disappeared. He was found 12 days later in the forest, naked and eating bugs.

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oreo-cat-@reddit

Is the Terror based on the Terror?

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PrincessBukowski@reddit

Yes! It's a really well done fictionalized thriller about its time as an Arctic exploration ship 20 years after it was retired as a warship.

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kaen@reddit

Also rampant sexual harrasement at mcmurdo

https://apnews.com/article/women-working-antarctica-sexual-harassment-assault-mcmurdo-ba0e550fddf1ab0afd031ff4d25143cb

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NavierIsStoked@reddit

In one of the stories in there, the man was found not guilty. There is a reason why women don't come forward.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/stephen-tyler-bieneman-not-guilty-assaulting-woman-mcmurdo-station-antarctica/

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Motor_Expression_281@reddit

Oh damn. Never heard about that. I remember some time ago binge watching a bunch of YouTube shorts made by a guy living/working at McMurdo (I’m like 99% sure it was McMurdo), and while interesting, the videos always had a sort of weird feeling to them. Like even when the video was supposed to be neat or fun, there was still a tense atmosphere. At least that was the feeling I got.

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Blenderx06@reddit

(and rape and violence)

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ManbadFerrara@reddit

Jesus, this sound like the plot of a horror movie. I'd be worried about this guy chopping a hole in a door with an axe and yelling "here's Johnny!" through it.

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lucky420@reddit

I think I’d just have to kill him first.

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cedriceent@reddit

There's an early X-Files episode similar to this story: a team of researchers in an Arctic (IIRC) research station discover >!a parasitic worm that makes its host aggressive and forces it to kill others. All the researchers end up killing each other. Mulder and Scully, together with another team of researchers travel there to investigate after getting sent a weird video of one of the original team warning about the dangerous situation at the station. Shortly after arriving there, they discover what happened and are trapped there due to a storm.!<

It's actually one of my favourite episodes.

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Baphaddon@reddit

Great episode

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MaccabreesDance@reddit

I figure that one was inspired by the Vostok Incident. In 1959 two Soviet researchers were playing chess in a remote research station when one flipped out and killed the other with an ice axe.

Rumors that chess playing was forbidden in all Russian research stations, including the space stations, persisted. But a couple of years ago the ISS started playing Mission Control, so I assume it's cool now, if it ever really wasn't.

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ForGrateJustice@reddit

I don't think it has anything to do with chess and everything to do with the fact that that researcher was a murderous sociopath.

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Goatf00t@reddit

The rumors are certainly untrue, as Soviet cosmonauts played chess during some of the early Soyuz missions in 1968-1970. https://www.fide.com/chess-in-outer-space/

Their space chessboard designs were interesting. They decided that the pieces floating around could be a hazard, so they didn't even use magnets. Instead, the pieces could not be separated from the board at all - they moved around it in T-channels.

Years later, a Western austronaut took a chess set to the ISS, putting velcro on a commercial chess set. He complained that one of the pieces ended up in the air filters, so those early concerns turned out be somewhat warranted.

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baconpancakes42@reddit

I remeber watching this episode when it aired, with my dad. Scared the everloving hell out of me. Was not allowed to watch X-Files with him anymore, due to all the nightmares I had afterwards. Good times

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Polybrene@reddit

Fun! It was the vampire episode that got me cut off from the X Files. Something about that loaf of bread filled with blood fucked me up.

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skinny_t_williams@reddit

haha wussies. I watched The Blob when I was like 6 years old and thought it was awesome.

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enverx@reddit

That's the first episode I saw. Got me hooked on the show.

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Barnaboule69@reddit

There was also a crappy direct-to-video sequel to the first Starship Trooper movie with kind of a similar plot.

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Blue387@reddit

I remember that episode!

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thirtydrunkenmonkeys@reddit

THANK YOU! I instantly went to this in my head and couldn’t remember where it was from.

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zeepremium@reddit

I instantly thought of this episode, too.

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WillieBeamin@reddit

It is a plot to a movie. They may have to eat each other like the movie "Alive"

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EntrepreneurFunny469@reddit

I thought it was an X file

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Iridismis@reddit

My mind went to a different horror movie..

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ExcersiseTheDemon@reddit

"Why don't we just wait here for a little while... see what happens?"

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oreo-cat-@reddit

Anyone see a husky running around?

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wantdafakyoubesh@reddit

Literally same…

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afternever@reddit

Cool Runnings

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MataMeow@reddit

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up…..

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Vassago81@reddit

2023 Movie of the Year beloved "Five Nights at Freddy's" ?

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Nethlem@reddit

"Man is the warmest place to hide."

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redditsucks941@reddit

Tied with Jaws 2 For best horror movie tagline ever

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koscheiskowska@reddit

John Carpenter's The Thing?

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endlessdayze@reddit

you gotta be fucking kidding

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Iridismis@reddit

Yep.

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SammlerWorksArt@reddit

White Out is a pretty fun/ok movie.

The comic it's based on is a great read with beautiful black and white art. Eisner Award.

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kaen@reddit

What year is the film? theres a bunch..

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SammlerWorksArt@reddit

Huh. I googled White Out movie and only see the 2009 Kate Beckinsale one on the first couple pages of results.

More info on the movie and also mentions they comic book (which is really good):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteout_(2009_film)

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kaen@reddit

Thanks

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Z3t4@reddit

Same.

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ShyguyFlyguy@reddit

Mine went to "The Care Bears battle the freeze machine"

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warnie685@reddit

" I'm gonna hide this tape when I'm finished. If none of us make it, at least there'll be some kind of record. The storm's been hitting us hard now for 48 hours. We still have nothing to go on."

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batwork61@reddit

It sounds like the plot of every real life expedition gone wrong in the history of expeditions.

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pit_of_despair666@reddit

It reminds me of Yellowjackets.

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CitizenPremier@reddit

I recommend The Head. It's a horror/drama that takes place entirely in Antarctica.

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puffindatza@reddit

Or a shape shifting alien who takes them out one by one

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Svenn513@reddit

This IS an xfiles episode. Season 1 I think

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ermagherdmcleren@reddit

Pretty much the premise of the show "the head"

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IH8Neolibs@reddit

This Is what I was thinking

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The_Dead_Kennys@reddit

The crazy bastard decided to reenact the plot of Mouthwashing

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CastIronStyrofoam@reddit

Mouth Washing

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OrphanDextro@reddit

It’s kind of the start of True Detective, but Antarctica and not Alaska.

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namtok_muu@reddit

Yes! Watched that season recently. “She’s awake.”

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ice_up_s0n@reddit

Archer did an episode like this as well

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dafda72@reddit

So did the x files. The thing set it up for a lot of spin offs adaptions. Come to think of it I think you even go to a secret facility in one of the Resodent evil games as well.

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Ragethashit@reddit

Lots of crazy South Africans lately...

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anohioanredditer@reddit

Reminded me of a story you find within a vault in Fallout

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skinny_t_williams@reddit

You have scientists in the Antarctic and you choose The Shining?

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umbertea@reddit

I'd be worried that he would complete the Lament Configuration on an infernal puzzle box.

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Locrian_B@reddit

Sounds like the movie Black Mountain Side. It's got a kinda paranormal aspect, but at the same time it's really ambiguous, and you can easily chalk it up to cabin fever.

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BJntheRV@reddit

There's a show on HBO (I think) called The Head. It's what I thought of as soon as a read the headline.

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lotsandlotstosay@reddit

I’m pretty sure I JUST watched a movie with this exact plot. Someone was there for revenge or something I think

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emwebss@reddit

There’s a tv show called The Head, it ends with the viewers discovering a revenge plot

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lotsandlotstosay@reddit

That’s it! Thank you I couldn’t think of it

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No_Meeting8441@reddit

This is how that guy ends up dead. If you’re making death threats towards people and we’re in some remote situation like that and help isn’t coming for days or weeks? I’m locking you in a room as soon as I can. If you name threats towards me? I’m going to beat your ass and if it comes to me or you it’s gonna be you allllllllll the way.

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Fiery_Flamingo@reddit

It’s so nice to know there are nice people like you in this day, you brighten my day.

If someone threatens me in Antarctica, I would lock his ass out, not in. If someone fucks with me, he better be ready to fuck penguins for keeping warm.

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No_Meeting8441@reddit

It’s a lot harder to convince them to go outside with you, and who knows what damage they can do to your habitat or vehicles. Locked in a room as there’s only so much they can do. I’m talking tied to a chair. I’ve seen enough Antarctic horror films to know better.

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laziestmarxist@reddit

Yeah this feels like a situation where they can find their own way on the ice and if they somehow don't come back you just tell the government officials that guy decided to "go for a walk"

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LeithLeach@reddit

Send in Kurt Russell

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kapootaPottay@reddit

Mac!

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Church_of_Cheri@reddit

Why are they giving the “typical winter temperatures” isn’t it the end of their summer there right now not winter?

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sakura608@reddit

It sounds like one of the side missions in Mass Effect where the backstory of what happened is told through a chain of Captain logs that get increasingly more disturbing as you progress

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rockalyte@reddit

Would have been cooler if the team had discovered The Thing buried in the ice somewhere ;)

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zarathustrahermit@reddit

X File Ice...Mulder and Scully are sent to investigate when a team of geophysicists stationed at a remote Alaskan outpost are killed by a parasitic alien life form.

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Anxious-Owl-7174@reddit

What is the right move by the victims here? Why don't they detain this violent person and keep him as prisoner until they are rescued? Why choose helplessness?

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SZEfdf21@reddit

Good luck detaining someone in a not prison for 6 months.

I wouldn't want to completely break down diplomacy with that person either if they're not completely mental yet.

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daniboyi@reddit

Diplomacy broke when he assaulted them. If he refuses to calm down, he can be stripped and thrown to the ice.

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HarmoniousJ@reddit

I know there's logistics and risk involved but what exactly is stopping them from dogpiling the guy and making a citizen's arrest and jailing them until further notice?

If they're increasingly escalating violence, then hogtie the guy and throw him into a broom closet until you can get authorities out there to intervene?

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cl3ft@reddit

I'm not sure science stations have a lockup suitable for imprisoning a violent mental patient.

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daniboyi@reddit

Then throw him to the snow and let him die.

Survival at all cost.

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ScaramouchScaramouch@reddit

The population gets up to about 1,500 people. You need some kind of security aparatus.

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vagabond139@reddit

Yeah you think there would be some kind of security forces there. Like you don't need that many, even 5 could work.

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ScaramouchScaramouch@reddit

My fault I got the station wrong. I was thinking McMurdo.

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cl3ft@reddit

The winter population is up to 15.

Summer is up to 110.

Movement between stations in winter is limited.

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ScaramouchScaramouch@reddit

Sorry that was my mistake, I was giving figures for McMurdo.

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HarmoniousJ@reddit

It might not but that's why you need to control the situation quickly and either make something or use an empty room to hold them for everyone's safety.

I'm not talking about what they can do for the future but what they can do for now until backup arrives.

What is the alternative? Let the guy run around and continue to escalate?

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QtPlatypus@reddit

Rooms in Antarctic bases are normally made so they can always be opened from the inside. Normally this is for safety reasons as you don't want someone to be accidently locked in a room.

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Ainaomadd@reddit

Nail a board that's larger than the doorframe to the outside of the door? Like, this is a stone age level engineering problem, so I think a community of modern scientists and engineers can figure something out.

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eddievedderanybetter@reddit

Just a little known feature of rooms in Antarctic bases as well as just about every other room not in a prison 🌠

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QtPlatypus@reddit

True that.

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ConsistentAddress195@reddit

Bro, these are scientists. Things will have to escalate a lot more before they jump some psycho guy and go vigilante on his ass.

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HarmoniousJ@reddit

Isolating him in a closet isn't the same thing as pulling a Batman, dude.

Besides the researchers were making it sound necessary because his violence keeps escalating. At some point they'd need to do it or get someone who can do it.

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27Rench27@reddit

I feel like you’d need approval from your country’s justice department or some shit for that though?

I have no idea the legality, but it’d be insane to keep someone in solitary or tied up for potentially weeks or months with no formal approval to do it

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jgzman@reddit

I feel like you’d need approval from your country’s justice department or some shit for that though?

If they are worried about being killed, I'd say they need to beg forgiveness, rather than ask permission.

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27Rench27@reddit

Oh agreed I mean stop the threat, but it’s not gonna go well when you get back if you don’t have quality evidence behind you

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The_Snickerfritz@reddit

I think the sexual assault, regular assault, and threat of death is evidence enough lol. Throw his ass outside and dump a bucket of water on him. Nature will do the rest.

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xManasboi@reddit

Not if you think they might stab you in your sleep.

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HarmoniousJ@reddit

If the horror movie villain is actively chasing you down, the most sensible thing to do is to cage them and then worry about human rights violations after calling proper authorities.

That's besides the fact I was advocating putting them somewhere where they can't actually hurt anyone. We aren't talking about withholding food out of spite or killing them or anything.

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lurkylurkeroo@reddit

Hog tie him and toss him outside. Problem solved.

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michael0n@reddit

The power went out, there is a strong storm and the dogs stopped to howl.

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woopwoopscuttle@reddit

They don't have any flamethrowers for the blood test so they're just gonna keep a close eye on him.

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jgzman@reddit

I can contribute a flashlight, though. Will that help?

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empleadoEstatalBot@reddit

Antarctic scientists plead for help after colleague ‘threatens to kill’ team members

A group of scientists trapped in an Antarctic research base have pleaded to be rescued after claiming a team member threatened to kill another colleague.

The South African scientists are in the Sanae IV research centre in Vesleskarvet, Queen Maud Land. The South African National Antarctic Program runs the base and the South African National Antarctic Expedition operates it.

The team is completely blocked off on a base where the typical winter temperature is -23C and wind speeds can reach nearly 150mph. It is 2,500 miles from South Africa’s closest point, meaning there is minimal human contact apart from themselves.

One of the researchers reportedly sent a pleading email last week claiming a member of the team had attacked them and was issuing further threats.

The email, seen by The Sunday Times, said: “Regrettably, [his] behaviour has escalated to a point that is deeply disturbing. Specifically, he physically assaulted [X].”

“Furthermore, he threatened to kill [X], creating an environment of fear and intimidation. I remain deeply concerned about my own safety, constantly wondering if I might become the next victim,” the unnamed researcher added.

The researcher also accused the team member of sexually assaulting another.

The author was concerned about the colleague's "increasingly egregious behaviour" and demanded that they take urgent action to protect both themselves and the team.

The email continued: "I am having a lot of trouble feeling safe in his presence."

Dion George, South Africa’s environment minister said he will personally speak with the team to assess the situation.

He told The Sunday Times: “There was a verbal altercation between the team leader and this person. Then it escalated and then that person did physically assault the leader. You can imagine what it’s like, it is close quarters and people do get cabin fever. It can be very disorientating.”

Mr George likened the conditions for the team in Antarctica to astronauts in space.

The scientists based at Sanae IV include experts in oceanography, biology, geology and geomorphology.

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Disposedofhero@reddit

I'd go take him into custody and bring him back to the States.

Not that a foreign national can get a fair trial here, but at least he's not there, losing his shit and hurting people.

As a plus, I get to visit Antarctica, even if only for a little while.

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Whooptidooh@reddit

Sounds like someone cracked due to cabin fever.

Hope they’re ok, and that they A) get rescued soon and B) that they manage to restrain that dude until they can get out of there.

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LeGrandLucifer@reddit

Wait, We're still in the Antarctic summer, if albeit for only three more days. They need to deal with this now or they might be stuck with this psycho for a whole 6 months. And honestly, if he gets dangerous, they'll be forced to take things in their own hands.

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BlakPhoenix@reddit

Sounds horrible, but also it doesn’t make sense as it’s currently summer in the southern hemisphere, and Antartica only stops having planes/boats arrive during its winter season. The article doesn’t state why they are trapped from what I could find.

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CatmatrixOfGaul@reddit

Was just going to say it’s not winter yet. Also I think my cousin’s husband is there right now😬

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syphoon@reddit

It's autumn in the southern hemisphere. Places that do a 6 month season will stop flights early March. South pole Station apparently calls it mid Feb.

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BlakPhoenix@reddit

Yes, you’re right. We had a 38C degree day here this week so in my mind it is still summer. 😂

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lurkylurkeroo@reddit

Hey neighbour! Then it got real cold yesterday.

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big_cock_lach@reddit

It’s in the Antarctic, not Antartica.

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BlakPhoenix@reddit

SANAE IV research centre is in Antarctica.

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DarlingPotPrincess@reddit

The Thing?

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Obsessively_Average@reddit

Hopefully they just tie his ass up and throw him in a broom closet until they can solve the situation or smth

I mean, they'll probably have to start watching iver him in shifts or something but atp what are you gonna do when a dude's just running around beating and SA-ing people?

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saichampa@reddit

This is why doing winter in Antarctica requires significant physical and psychological testing. After a point there is no getting in or out. I hope they can get this sorted out before winter really hits

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OpenSourcePenguin@reddit

if you are threatened, join together and tie up the motherfucker

Idiot has to learn that there's a place and a time to make threats to be taken lightly

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IAmtheHullabaloo@reddit

they gotta go to sleep sometime