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Reminds me of when one guy stabbed another at Bellingshausen...


Man faces attempted murder charge after stabbing at Russia's Antarctic outpost (2018)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/24/antarctic-stab...

Such things are near constant background risk for all isolated area, small crew extended missions. There are rare but steady tales of things like a three month ocean seismic survey job being interrupted by, say, a cook going troppo and hurling knives with intent, or somesuch.

Occasionally you just have to sit on people until they either calm down or you can work out a way to isolate or otherwise secure them until landfall or relief arrives.




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