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On 29 April 1961, Leonid Rogozov was writhing in pain due to what he had diagnosed as a suppurative appendix. Rogozov was certain about the diagnosis because he was a physician who also happened to be a crewmember on the sixth Soviet Antarctic Expedition at Novolazarevskaya Station.
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Novolazarevskaya Station was located at 70°S 11°E in the Shirmacher Oasis in Queen Maud Land: this was more than 80 kilometers from the ice edge.
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Survival and Sacrifice in Mars Exploration: What We Know from Polar Expeditions was published by Springer Praxis Books in March 2015. ISBN-13: 978-3319124476.
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Interplanetary Outpost: The Human and Technological Challenges of Exploring the Outer Planets was published by Springer Praxis Books in 2012. ISBN-13: 978-1441997470.
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Seedhouse, E. (2016). The Human Element. In: Mars via the Moon. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21888-5_5
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