The reactions of many people to this strike me as highly illogical. Adventurers like this guy are just that - adventurers. They won't be put off because officialdom decides to make things more difficult for them. And non-adventurers are highly unlikely to say: Oh wow, if I go round the world and get stranded in Antarctica I'll get given fuel". People just don't think like that.
Jon didn't get stranded deliberately. The easiest thing to do, all round, is to sell him fuel, give him a weather forecast, and send him on his way. Anything else makes no real sense, whether you agree with what he's doing or not.
Many thanks to Polly Vacher for helping him out. She's a lovely person, and this makes me think so even more. But what happened to her flight? Why is she giving up? I haven't heard the details.
