Death of Australian astrophysicist an Antarctic whodunnit

An Antarctic whodunnit that could have been written by Agatha Christie was outlined in an inquest held in New Zealand, according to news reports on Thursday. The question posed to Christchurch coroner Richard McElrea was how did Australian Rodney David Marks, 32, die of acute methanol poisoning while working at an American research base near the South Pole in 2000?