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Odds ‘n’ Sods: The isolation of field work can be lonely — and sobering

Ralph Rushton | October 09, 2023 | 11:14 am Education 

i·so·la·tion /ˌīsəˈlāSHən/ noun the process or fact of isolating or being isolated. "the isolation of older people" Every geologist has experienced extreme isolation at some point. That crystalline moment when they realized that if anything happened to them right then and there,...