"The US actually don't run a gas station in
Antarctica... and nor does New Zealand. Currently he is unable to
get fuel."
Source: A wholly unsympathetic Antarctica New
Zealand Chief Executive Lou Sanson, commenting to the media on the
plight of globe-trotting RV-4 Pilot Jon Johanson, who had to make
an unscheduled landing in the Antarctic's McMurdo Station after
unforecast headwinds left him short on fuel during a world record
flight.