This story is featured in BBC Future's "Best of 2018" collection.
Imagine that you had to remove your appendix to live in your hometown – and your family had to do the same.
That’s the only option for long-term residents – even the children – of Villas Las Estrellas, one of the few settlements in Antarctica where some people live for years rather than weeks or months.
There are only a few doctors on base, and none are specialist surgeons.
That means there’s a post office, a small school, a bank and other basic facilities.
Earlier this year, BBC Future visited to find out. »
