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Surely the comparisons should be more in line with mortality rate of pursuits such as Arctic exploration, rather than those of policing a largely sedentry popul
by ktizo 15y ago
Surely the comparisons should be more in line with mortality rate of pursuits such as Arctic exploration, rather than those of policing a largely sedentry population.
- nknight 15y agoThe first few times, sure. But we're past that now. Anywhere from 1000-5000 people reside on Antarctica at any given time. No more than a handful die in any given year.
- ktizo 15y agoSitting inside a research facility is not the same as exploration though.
- nknight 15y agoWhat exploration? The context of this thread is commercial exploitation of a resource. This isn't a search for knowledge. You're caught up in the romanticism of space.
- ktizo 15y agoCommercial exploitation of a resource we haven't been to yet would seem to include some level of exploration.