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2023-07-17 16:16:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C880D1C49EA187D36FCB51BAD0F3727D6E07A6E024657DC0DBAF3660670916CD
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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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