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Long before SATCOMs, HF amateur radio helped an Antarctic team of scientists and Navymen keep in touch with home.
The eleven nations included in the Antarctic portion of the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year created several permanent research stations, including the first permanent station at the South Pole. The effort to create a permanent scientific presence at, literally, the end of the earth required enormous effort of scientists and military personnel. Aided, uniquely, by a couple of teenagers from New Jersey.
The world of long distance communication has changed a lot in the ensuing 60+ years, but I suspect a lot of amateur radio operators still fantasize over projects like this.
