[telescope115]

Some years ago,I attended a presentation by a professional astronomer who spent the Summer(Northern Hemisphere Summer) at the South Pole. It was fascinating listening to him describe his experiences and viewing the pictures he took while he was there. He was there when the fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 hit Jupiter, and he and his colleagues were able to capture the entire event on film, as well as watch the impact marks each come into view.
Pretty amazing stuff.

[GingisK]

Thirty years ago I attended a presentation about recovering a C-130 from inside the ice at the Antarctica Station. A JATO unit blew up on takeoff, severely damaging the aircraft. This team went down there, erected a huge double-wall tent over it. Then they vaporized the ice away with space heaters from hell. Next, they repaired the airplane. It was flown back to Marietta Georgia for additional work.

It four months.