The authors say they are confident that the data from Byrd Station is representative of the region because the scientific outpost sits on a plateau and conditions are essentially uniform for a considerable distance.

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Mr Chaudhry, witting or not, may be helping to create the conditions in which the men in uniform step in again one day.

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By varying the experimental conditions, the researchers could coax them to assemble into a uniform lattice.

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Americans in uniform served bravely, fought fiercely and kept their honor, even under the worst of conditions.

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