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I did actually apply for the Tristan job; one of the conditions was that one had to be married without children (as I recall) and the wife had to go along. It was offered but I was in the PG and couldn't make it back to the UK in time to catch the St. Helena for the voyage out.
I subsequently met the chap who had been doctor there over the same period. He recounted a story of the R/O scanning an xray photograph and transmitting it by fax on Ham bands to someone connected with Edinburgh University Medical School for an opinion.
I'm sorry I missed the opportunity.
While on the Crusader course at Maldon another chap doing it was on leave from the British Antarctic Survey. He didn't really have much to say about it.
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