In recent days they have set up police checks at entrances to the favela, and on November 10th they started helicopter flyovers to plan their approach.
Bad weather delayed the expedition and they didn't reach New Zealand until 8 February; Amundsen and Scott had already been in Antarctica for a month, preparing for winter.
The villagers say some of Liukuaizhuang's bare bones factories, where paint is mixed in open drums in fume-filled warehouses guarded by vicious dogs, have already gone bust.
Abstract: the historical block protection is instantly many people care about, and the rapid urban renewal rate has a serious threat to their existence.
And then, on turning a corner, we found ourselves clearly above the tree line and there, undeniably, it was: Mount Fuji, or Fuji-san as it is reverentially termed in Japan.
In a few cases, hospitals already have set up tents on their sites. But under federal law, if the patients are sent off-site, the hospital might be refused reimbursement for the care as a sanction.