"G.R. Patterson III" writes:

Idiot. He's not asking to be "bailed out". He just wants to buy some fuel.

That would probably be no problem if he burned jet-A, Ross, but this is
Antarctica.

I'm reading more into it. My take is that they wouldn't even want
to encourage kerosene-burners to just take off on poorly-planned
recreational flights in the area. (So sorry, Mike.)

--kyler