Print article At least 10% of the population of the community of Kivalina tested positive for COVID-19 this week as elevated case levels continue around Western Alaska. Tribal officials have started water deliveries to home-bound Kivalina residents to stave off additional spread of the virus. The village of just over 450 sits on a skinny barrier island along the Chukchi Sea, high above the Arctic Circle. The community has no water or sewer services; a 600,000-gallon steel tank holds winter water supply and household sewage is hauled in “honey buckets” to a disposal site. On Monday and Tuesday, 44 Kivalina residents tested positive for the virus, according to tribal health officials at Maniilaq Association.
Australian Antarctic Division
You might not expect to find carpenters, chefs, or an experienced boilermaker in a hospital operating theatre.
But that’s exactly where one such group of tradies and technicians has been spending their time in Hobart recently… and not only that – they’re bound for Antarctica.
A group of eight expeditioners – scheduled to depart for Mawson and Davis research stations in late January – have completed in intense fortnight of training at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
They’re now equipped to work on the Antarctic stations as Lay Surgical Assistants, on hand and ready to assist each single station doctor in the event of an emergency.
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