# Attempted Antarctic Assasination. Justified? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756 "2018-10-31T01:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/1 "2018-10-31T01:20:35Z")
One Russian dude in Antarctic facility stabs the other in the heart, because the victim kept spoiling the ends of the books he was reading. If I’m on that jury, the defense has a shot at justifiable. > **[Antarctica scientist stabbed colleague for spoiling book endings](https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/antarctica-scientist-stabbed-colleague-for-spoiling-book-endings-report/)** > > This is the coldest case ever. In the first attempted murder ever on the frozen continent of Antarctica, a Russian scientist reportedly snapped and allegedly tried to stab a colleague to death beca… Victim looks to be surviving in Chilean hospital. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/2 "2018-10-31T03:31:17Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > … Victim looks to be surviving in Chilean hospital. I’ve been to various Chilean hospitals. I wouldn’t count on it. Anyways, I’m curious who, if anyone, prosecutes aggravated assault in Antarctica. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/3 "2018-10-31T03:34:20Z")
If true, justified, because of the location. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/4 "2018-10-31T03:46:54Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > If true, justified, because of the location. It’s a glass half frozen sort of issue. On an annual basis, [Vostok Station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_Station)gets more hours of sunshine per year than virtually anywhere else inhabited. [Admittedly May-Aug is a touch gloomy] Patently they need to get out more. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/5 "2018-10-31T04:32:22Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Anyways, I’m curious who, if anyone, prosecutes aggravated assault in Antarctica. I believe the various bases there are treated as extra-territorial enclaves of the responsible nations, so any prosecution would be up to the authorities of that nation. In this case, Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/6 "2018-10-31T04:36:19Z")
I would guess that this spoiling-the-plot behavior only is the last straw and that there must be a lot more other unmentioned annoying behavior going on. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/7 "2018-10-31T12:43:53Z")
Years ago, I had a boss who took a sabbatical to lead an expedition to the Antarctic. we had a going-away party for him (we served Ice Cream Cake), at which I gave him a going-away present – a video to watch during the long hours they’d be sequestered away. It was a copy of John Carpenter’s _The Thing_. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attempted-antarctic-assasination-justified/823756/8 "2018-10-31T14:39:14Z")
As Chris Rock said, I am not saying he should have tried to kill him, _but I understand._