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Two fire technicians at the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been pronounced dead following an incident at a generator building that powers a radio transmitter near the station.
The incident, which still is under investigation, occurred on Dec. 12 local time (McMurdo Station keeps New Zealand time).
NSF is not releasing any personal information about the deceased at this time. Their next of kin have been notified.
The workers were performing preventative maintenance on the building's fire suppression system. They were found unconscious on the building's floor by a helicopter pilot, who landed after seeing what appeared to be smoke coming from the structure. They were removed from the building and CPR was administered. One person was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel who arrived from the McMurdo clinic. The other was flown to the McMurdo clinic and pronounced dead there a short time later.
Two contract employees die in Antarctica
(Score: 2, Insightful) by MindEscapes on Thursday December 13 2018, @03:12PM (5 children)
Nah, given they were found unconscious in an enclosed space with a fire suppression system, I suspect oxygen displacement with an inert gas. Possibly from the fire suppression system itself. Or maybe some other gas buildup pushing oxygen out. Training we've had at work suggests that the impact of low oxygen can black you out in seconds. One may have gone in and collapsed. The other went in to help the first and collapsed too. Sad way to go. At least it is relatively painless. Of course, the one that died in the hospital after some CPR may have been brought back enough to experience some pain. A very sad situation :(
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday December 13 2018, @03:33PM (4 children)
Seriously: use a technique described in the bible for the high priest who goes into the most holy place once a year, where nobody is allowed to go except on this occasion, and could potentially be struck dead. He would have a long rope tied around his ankle. His colleagues could then pull out the body using the rope.
Two fire technicians tied together by a rope at the ankle. One goes in first. The second goes in a short time later.
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday December 13 2018, @07:10PM (1 child)
Talk about a proud ending for a top figure ... Can you picture what a dead guy in robes dragged by one of his ankles looks like ? I hope they at least made it mandatory to go to the bathroom, and put some clean underwear, first.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @08:56PM
That practice predates the development of underwear.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:13PM (1 child)
Sounded interesting but seems made up, its definately not in the bible:
https://blog.bibleplaces.com/2009/01/that-rope-around-high-priests-ankle.html [bibleplaces.com]
And I dont think worshipping an ancient nuclear warhead too closely will kill you immediately, it would take a couple days.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @09:42PM
Check the Satanic Bible, it might be in there. (well the poster didn't say which bible it was in...)