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Crime in Antarctica (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] tal@lemmy.today 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

12 April 1984: Arson. – The Almirante Brown Station (Estación Científica Almirante Brown) is an Argentine research station located on the Coughtrey Peninsula by Paradise Harbour. The station's original facilities were burned down by the station's leader and doctor on 12 April 1984 after he was ordered to stay for the winter.[18] The station personnel were rescued by the ship Hero and taken to Palmer Station, an American research station on Anvers Island.[19] The stations are about 58 km (36 mi) apart.

Dang. What year did The Thing come out?

checks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thing_(1982_film)

The Thing is a 1982 American science fiction horror film directed by John Carpenter from a screenplay by Bill Lancaster.

Now imagine that it's 1984. The Thing just came out in the past two years, and then you hear that that happened, that someone just burned down their Antarctic research base and that the survivors are going to a nearby American research base.