Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You take the last collection sample.
After all, you could save the research team almost a whole week of being at the camp, if you can just get the work done.
The group doesn't agree that you should go, but you think that they overestimate the dangers. You have been on glaciers for most of your life!
You proceed ahead, watching for the telltale patches of snow that hide crevasses underneath. You take a step, and suddenly hear a crack! You fall down the crevasse to your waist. Your colleagues quickly come to your rescue. Luckily, you get out, but it could have been much worse.
"Walking around on a glacier, you always have to be aware of your surroundings," says Brian Moorman, a glaciologist. "You get used to it, but you can't let yourself get lazy. Safety always comes first."