Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-11 14:44:53 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 11D62E08D377313EA85B58017F200FEB0CB4EC37C49328FF9D2C48E8DA6B6149
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This was in the Antarctic, not the Arctic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rogozov https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/appendix.html https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32481442 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/antarctica-1961-a-soviet-surgeon-has-to-remove-his-own-appendix/72445/ The Antarctic (South) vs Arctic (North) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Circle#/media/File:Axial_tilt_vs_tropical_and_polar_circles.svg Other countries already had a rule to prevent this situation… "doctors who are wintering at Australian Antarctic stations do have to have their appendix removed" https://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/people-in-antarctica/health/ https://www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2019/operation-appendix-antarctica-calls/
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