A man was flying in the South Pole with his home built airplane when he was forced to land in a U.S. Research base because of unexpected fuel loss from battling strong headwinds. Neither the U.S. or New Zealand is willing to give him fuel for the trip back home because they feel that the action will promote tourism as if people are interested in visiting Antartica in the first place. The U.S. did offer food and shelter while New Zealand is offering him a flight on the next trip home while he has to pay for shipping his plane back.
I could see it both ways, but I think I would support the man side. I can understnad that it is a research base and gas is probably hard to come by. In that case, follow somebody's suggestion in ./ to charge him higher-than-normal rates to cover the expenses. That way, it will be "discouraging tourism" and he will get to fly back in his own plane. Make sense :-)
Posted by dreamnid at December 11, 2003 11:43 AM | TrackBackyah really