The have firedrills and practice situations often to be prepared if something should occur. There is also a doctor on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Accidents can happen, even here in Antarctica.
We haven't worked in three days and now we will have to make up for it. We are now also down one member. Yoko had to be flown to Christchurch, where she will have her leg taken care of, and then she will return to Japan. She has a multiple break and will not be able to walk on it for six to eight weeks. The ice and snow is not a place to be if you have to use crutches.